CHAPTER 11 – "The Gate Between Worlds"
INT. BASEMENT – NIGHT
Kamal and Miraya are crouched behind old pipes in a damp, dimly lit basement. The concrete walls are cracking, the flickering bulb above them humming.
Kamal (grabs a jagged kitchen knife off a rusted table)
KAMAL: Come on. We can't stay here.
(pauses, looks at her)
I have to get back to Loman's Heaven.
They start sprinting up the stairs.
KAMAL (V.O.):
I know… I know she isn't real..
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INT. LOMAN'S HELL – ABANDONED CORRIDOR – CONTINUOUS
Suddenly, a hulking brute—over 6'5", bald, face covered in scars—bursts through a door like a charging bull.
THE BRUTE:
You two ain't going anywhere.
He lunges. Grabs Miraya by the arm and slams her against the wall. She screams.
KAMAL:
LET HER GO!
Kamal darts forward like lightning and stabs the brute's leg deep. The man bellows in pain, dropping Miraya. She scrambles away.
Fight Breakdown
Kamal ducks a punch, slides under the man's arm, cuts his side.
The brute elbows Kamal in the back. Kamal crashes into crates.
Miraya throws a brick—it hits the brute's shoulder. He turns.
Kamal wipes blood from his mouth, growls—then charges.
He slashes the brute's thigh, dodges a wild punch, jumps on his back.
The brute grabs Kamal and throws him onto the ground like a rag doll.
Kamal coughs blood, barely stands, wobbling.
Final move: He feints a stab, spins behind the brute, and drives the blade straight into his neck.
The brute gasps, drops to his knees. Blood spurts.
Kamal pushes him back—the body slams into the wall, dead.
LOMAN'S HELL – CONTROL ROOM:
Viewership skyrockets.
Screens across the globe:
"#KAMAL" trending.
Fans chant his name. Donations flow in.
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INT. GATE ROOM – NIGHT
Kamal and Miraya arrive breathless.
The gate stands still. Locked.
KAMAL:
Why isn't it opening?! It opened before!
(realizing)
Wait… it didn't open by itself, did it?
MIRAYA (guilty):
I opened it… I had clearance then.
KAMAL:
Then f**king open it now!
MIRAYA:
I can't… they haven't given me an order.
Footsteps echo—men approaching with weapons.
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INT. LAB – LOKI & MANOHAR WATCHING
MANOHAR (alarmed):
Loki… check this out.
LOKI (watching screen):
Holy sh*t. Kid's cornered.
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INT. GATE ROOM – FIGHT ENSUES
Kamal takes the knife, panting.
Miraya hides behind a console.
3 ARMED MEN rush in.
Fight Breakdown (Extend):
Kamal sidesteps the first attacker, slashes across his chest.
Second man punches Kamal, dislocating his jaw. Kamal spits blood.
Kamal counters with a stab to the groin, drops him.
Third man gets Kamal in a chokehold—Kamal stabs backwards blindly.
Blood splashes.
He's losing blood fast. Weak. Knees buckling.
KAMAL (flash of realization):
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INT. LAB
LOKI:
F**k it. Open the gate. He's useless if he dies.
GATE OPENS.
Miraya dashes out.
MIRAYA:
KAMAL!! Come on!
Kamal stands there… his left hand dripping blood, body shaking.
An attacker sprints toward him.
KAMAL (low voice):
I remember.
Kamal spins and cuts his throat wide open himself
Blood sprays the floor.
Kamal falls to the ground. Dies.
MIRAYA Closes the gate.
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CUT TO BLACK.
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INT. LAB – DEAD SILENCE
Everyone stares at the screen.
RAM (a tech):
Wait… so now he enters the Lymbo State, right?
LOKI:
Yeah… yeah, that should happen now.
MANOHAR (panicking):
Wait… wait…
He wasn't one of the coma patients. Remember he was chosen by us.
We don't know what happens if a non coma patient dies in our place.
We have to take no chance.
LOKI:
SHIT.
Alert security.
Wherever we're keeping his body—LOCK IT DOWN.
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INT. COMA WARD – EARTH – NIGHT
A silent, sterile ward.
Rows of coma patients. Machines beeping softly.
Camera tracks slowly through the room. We see Kamal's body—wires, tubes, pale skin.
Silence.
Suddenly…
KAMAL'S FINGERS TWITCH.
His eyelids flutter.
CAMERA CLOSE-UP ON HIS EYES—THEY SNAP OPEN.
KAMAL wakes up. In real world
FADE OUT.
TO BE CONTINUED.
END OF VOLUME 1