ACT I SCENE 1

Interior of a Conch House in a high rise area of Abuja.Towards the hall way, just beyond the Lounge. Shards of glass on the floor from a shattered floor Lamp, appearance of disarray: upturn chairs, sofa cushions on the floor, fallen photographs and paintings off the wall, smash television set, et cetera. Two men: One unconscious, the other cradling him, blood running from the side of the unconscious man's head.[/i]

Corruption ([i]alarmed and agitated, cradling Greed's head):

Can you hear me, Greed, are you alright?, Greed, Greed,

Greed (stirring, regaining consciousness)
mhm, where am I? What happened? ahh, my head, why am I on the ground?
stop cradling me! (sitting up) Corruption, why are you crying? What happened!
Ah! my head! What's the meaning of this?

Corruption (snorts, takes out a handkerchief from his front pocket, loudly blows his nose, covers
the snot in the folds of the kerchief and shoves it into the side pocket of his trousers)
He hit you in the head!

Greed: Hit me in the head? Who!

Corruption: Goodluck!

Greed: What? (thinks Corruption is attempting humor but sees his face still bears the
same expression) good luck? Please don't,

Corruption: I'm not joking! He hit you in the head, the president, Mr. Jonathan,

Greed: Why? For what? (holds his head and utters an expletive)

Corruption: He's blaming us for the, the (expletive) Super Eagles! I'm gonna kill that boy,
(something occurs to him) but don't you remember? he just stormed in here, not
ten minutes ago! He hit you with the Doubleban! He was out of control (breaks off)
You really don't remember?

Greed (nursing his head): mmhm! (there's blood running down the side of his head) Ah!!
(he shouts when his finger touches a gash at the hairline of the left side of his face)

Corruption: Here, let me see, (produces the handkerchief from his pocket)

Greed: Don't touch me with that! Are you crazy?

Corruption: Sorry! I'm not thinking straight, wait, (heads into a door by the right.
There's sound of running water. Comes out with a towel and a small bowl.
Greed is holding his head, sitting flat on the floor with his legs stretched out)
Come sit here ( Puts down the bowl and drapes the towel on his shoulder. Grabs a fallen chair and places it by the wall. Goes to where Greed is sitting and assists him in getting up. Leads him to the chair. Kneels before him, wets the towel in the water contained in the bowl, and proceeds to dab the blood off the face of Greed. Greed cringes when the cloth touches the gash on his face)

Greed: Careful! It hurts!

Corruption: Sorry, but don't be such a baby,

Greed: My head is splitting! The Doubleban? Are you serious?

Corruption: He's crazy,

Greed (moaning): My head is killing me!

Corruption: Let me get you some aspirin (disappears into the same door as before, returns
with a glass of water and a bottle of Panadol, hands the bottle to Greed, who
opens it, takes out two tablets, seems to think about it, adds two more, throws
them into his mouth, tilts his head back and swallows the pills with a gulp of water)
There, you'll feel better soon. (bends and leans forward to inspect Greed's gash.)
Yes, it's like I thought. You'll need stitches. 'Already called Dr. Quack.
Come sit on the sofa. (They both move to the lounge. Greed, still holding his head, sits on the bigger sofa and Corruption sits close on one of the smaller ones by Greed's right hand. They sit quietly for a while).

Greed (stirring) Where's everyone? (getting agitated) where are my boys?
Where's Sani, where's Taiwo, (calls out) Amanze! Ah!! (he holds his head)

Corruption (with a rare colloquial slip): Take it easy o!

Greed: Where are my kids, What happened to them, did he kill them, oooh,

Corruption (alarmed): Greed, calm down! your boys are fine! they ran away. Everyone ran out
when that, that crazy man came in! (expletive) He was too wild! He cornered us
in here! But your kids got away. They're fine, unharmed.

Greed: (calming down) Are you sure?

Corruption: Of course, I'm sure!

Greed: (with realization) but if he cornered us, how come I'm the only one that got hit?

Corruption: Don't be silly! He went for you first. I ran and hid in the closet in the hall way.
He was too wild to to think straight. He didn't think to look for me there.
I came out as soon as he left. I've never seen him like that. I think he's gone crazy.

Greed: mhm

Corruption: He was cursing everyone! Lagerbeer,

Greed (interjecting) Lagerback!

Corruption: Yes, of course, he kept saying chicken, chicken. (pause) I don't know what he meant by that,

Greed (after a short pause) I think he meant "super chickens"!

Corruption: Ah! Right! Super Chickens! I'll kill those boys!

Greed: They got away? (obviously still thinking of his boys)

Corruption: who?

Greed: Who? (shouting) My boys, who else?

Corruption: Yes, sorry, they ran away. (pause) Knowing them, I'm sure they're doing the right thing, especially Sani.

Greed: They could be downstairs.

Corruption: Yes, I heard him drive away, the sirens, your boys should be back.
(thinking) They should be doing the right thing. Can you walk? Let's go see!

EXUENT

This is simply to have fun although it does have some moral! There's Part 2 and 3. I'll post those, depending on the reaction to this.