Into the Dark · A screenplay

The team

Call signs and roles

NameRoleWho they are
AlexanderOVERWATCH/BREACH TIMINGShane, 30s. Sniper. Oklahoma kid, former wrestler, carrying Bosnia and Leavenworth. Listens first and doesn't flinch.
BennettPOINT/DECISIONSJoey, 40s. Team lead. "I'm not a sir. Not in this room." Believes silence is just another way to bleed slow.
WhiteINTEL/SIGNALRandy, 40s. Skeptical of the new guy and of Jesus. "Trust is for church. We verify."
PresleyCOMMS/RELAY30s. Lives inside a rugged tablet. Hands Shane the one-shot jammer that fries everything in a ten-meter bubble.
DowEXFIL/PERIMETERMajor. Wants to hit first and control the field.
WatsonCOMMS SUPPORTCaptain. Keeps Montoya's straps tight on the flight home.

Outside the team

The fixer

Jesus Gonzalez

Mirrored shades, cigarette, easy smile. "My side is the one that keeps me alive. Today, that's yours."

The broker

Montoya

50s, gold watch on the left wrist. "There is only traffic. Business. I move what others pay to move."

The hostages

Regan & Rene

College students taken on the wrong road in the wrong car. Regan has a half-moon tattoo on her forearm.

The witness

Nico

15. Escaped the Tulua compound after days of the same old salsa songs, and saw the Americans before they were moved.

Hear them in their own words.