[ WP ] You know the random driver in every action movie where the hero jumps in and orders to `` follow that car ! '' . Yup , that 's you . Every single time you 're trying to get anywhere .

FADE IN: 
 
 EXT. A CITY STREET - DAY 
 
 *A cab driver sits in his car, thumbing through a dating application on his smartphone. This is SRIKANTH. He glances up just as the traffic light ahead of him changes to green, and his taxi begins inching forward. * 
 
 **SRIKANTH: ** ( *To himself* ) Five... four... three... two... 
 
 *The rear passenger-side door of the car swings open, and a YOUNG MAN in a suit leaps into the vehicle. * 
 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** ( *Breathless* ) Follow that... 
 **SRIKANTH: ** ( *Interrupting* ) Black sedan. 
 
 *Srikanth taps a couple of buttons on a tablet, and a fare amount appears on a nearby display. * 
 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** How did you know I was going to say that? 
 **SRIKANTH: ** That's all anyone ever says. Hell, it's the whole reason I became a cabbie. 
 **YOUNG MAN: **... What? 
 **SRIKANTH: ** Do n't worry about it. Black sedan, right? 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** Right. 
 
 *Srikanth pilots his car into traffic. * 
 
 **SRIKANTH: ** They're heading to the airport. 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** How can you tell? 
 **SRIKANTH: ** You get a feel for these things. 
 
 *Several seconds pass in silence. * 
 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** Look, I'm sorry, but how did you know I was going to say `` black sedan?'' 
 
 *Srikanth glances at the young man in the rear-view mirror. * 
 
 **SRIKANTH: ** A woman about your age came rushing out of a restaurant. She was dressed well, and had recently started crying. 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** She was crying?! Then she *does*... 
 **SRIKANTH: ** ( *Interrupting* ) I was n't finished. 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** Sorry. 
 **SRIKANTH: ** She jumped into a black sedan, which had clearly been waiting for her. Then you came along. 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** Does this happen often? 
 **SRIKANTH: ** Every day. Now comes the part where I give you advice. 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** `` Advice?'' 
 **SRIKANTH: ** She's in love with you, but she's afraid for your safety. Her family, as you may know, is well-connected in the criminal underworld. Rather than see you mixed up in that, she's trying to push you away. 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** But that... 
 **SRIKANTH: ** ( *Interrupting* ) She secretly dreams that you'll take her away from here, back to that little town you described during your first date. It was your innocence and your genuinely good nature that made her fall for you... and for a time, you made her feel like perhaps she could also be redeemed. Even now, she finds herself fantasizing that you'll arrive and catch her at the last second. 
 **YOUNG MAN: **... Who *are* you? 
 
 *Srikanth chuckles to himself. * 
 
 **SRIKANTH: ** Just a cabbie, friend. One with a gift, perhaps, but just a cabbie. 
 
 *Several more seconds pass in silence. * 
 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** I love her, too. 
 **SRIKANTH: ** Of course you do. 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** I'm going to save her. 
 **SRIKANTH: ** I believe you will, friend. 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** I *will* take her back home. We'll start a new life together, away from the city. 
 **SRIKANTH: ** Fifty-eight dollars. 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** What? 
 
 *Srikanth points out the window. The taxi has arrived at the airport. * 
 
 **SRIKANTH: ** Fifty-eight dollars. You'd better hurry; she's walking to the security line. 
 
 *The young man fumbles with his wallet and hurriedly offers a handful of bills. * 
 
 **YOUNG MAN: ** Keep the change! 
 
 *He dashes from the car and runs toward the airport. Srikanth counts the money, then pockets the majority of it. As soon as his hands are back on the steering wheel, an OLD MAN jumps into the taxi. * 
 
 **OLD MAN: ** Follow that... 
 **SRIKANTH: ** ( *Interrupting* ) Red Ferrari. 
 
 *A moment passes in silence. The old man smacks Srikanth in the back of the head. * 
 
 **OLD MAN: ** Do n't you pull the cabbie trick on me, boy. I used to *be* a cabbie. 
 **SRIKANTH: ** I do n't... 
 **OLD MAN: ** ( *Interrupting* ) I know how it works. You watch the passenger, you make up some story, then you spike the meter when they are n't looking. 
 **SRIKANTH: ** Okay. Sorry. 
 **OLD MAN: ** Good. Now... follow that red Ferrari. 
 
 FADE OUT.
