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THE STATION
By Lezgin Serin

GENRE: Action, Thriller
LOGLINE:


A key witness, a drug lord and others disappear which starts a furious hunt by the FBI, DEA, Hotel staff, a private detective and the drug cartels.

SYNOPSIS:

Author: Lezgin Serin Mobile: +46723311158 Email: lezgin@kenti.se WGA-Registration: 2067735

Tanya is a hotel staff manager on the hunt to find a missing hotel employee with a private detective Rob. When they find some hot leads and she can’t reach Rob she understands he has been kidnapped as well. All evidence points to a gas station owned by a former military sergeant. She arrives at the gas station and reports an ongoing robbery to 911. The police cars that arrive diverts the focus from her and she manages to get down to the gas station basement floor. She moves towards the inside but gets caught with a gun pointing towards the side of her head.

BLACK SCREEN and SUBTITLE - ‘Two days earlier’.

The hotel manager Phil has called for an urgent meeting and updates the key staff members with the latest. The local police and the FBI have placed undercover agents at the hotel. Tanya leaves the meeting and meets the bartender Jake and he points out a man that sneaks around in the hotel. Tanya confronts the man and finds out that Rob is a private detective and former cop. Tanya likes him and they start to collaborate and follow up on leads.

At the same time, the FBI and DEA investigate the disappearance of a drug cartel boss Don Louis. He was abducted after a restaurant visit. His gang is not happy and they turn the underground world of Chicago upside down to find him. Don Jorge is now in charge and he decides to meet the competitor drug cartel leader Matt-47. They agree to meet at Hotel Amazing since the hotel is full of police and can be considered neutral. The FBI and DEA unofficially agree to let them have the meeting to get more information on what is going on.

Back at the station basement floor. Tanya is brought to Fred. Fred is a former Green Berets. Fred explains that Pedro and Rob are guests in the underground city which is a safe house for people threatened by gangs, cartels, and others. The station project gives them a safe house and a place where they can work and study. Fred says that his military duty made him understand that he can run the family business as he promised his late father and at the same time help people. Fred and his Green Berets team lives in the Chicago area. Some works at their family’s workplaces and some works at the gas station. The Station has also a prison area where they have imprisoned criminals that cannot be prosecuted by the government. Don Louis is their current prime guest. Tanya and Rob meet with Pedro who confirms what Fred told them and they agree to help Fred to catch the last boss in Chicago, Matt-47. They walk through the plan and Tanya and Rob head for the hotel to assist.

The cartel gangs arrive at the hotel and they are watched by the FBI, DEA. Don Jorge has hired a second secret team and placed them outside of the hotel. The meeting starts and the atmosphere is tense. Matt-47 suddenly feel sick and need to visit his hotel suite. During his visit to the suite two of Fred’s team take him out in a military-style. They get him out of the hotel through a laundry wagon owned by Fred’s army teammate Angel. They get Matt-47 out with help from Rob and Tanya. What Fred’s team doesn’t know is that Don Jorge’s external team follow the truck with a drone.

When Matt-47 cartel team discover he is missing they blame Don Jorge and his team. A heavy shooting between both teams causes a blood bath outside the meeting room. Done Jorge is protected by his team and makes to the fire exit. The Matt-47 team is re-grouping and plan to attack Don Jorge and their head-quarter where they think Matt-47 is hidden. Don Jorge gets information that the final destination of Matt-47 is inside a car washing building at a gas station. Fred and the rest of his team turn back to the station without knowing their location being exposed.

The Don Jorge team leaves their headquarter heading for the gas station. After they left the Matt-47 team attacks and take over their headquarter but they can’t find Matt-47 inside.

Don Jorge’s team and his external partners gather outside of the station and Fred’s team are ready to fight. Angel and a teammate are outside browsing the surrounding with binocular when Angel recognize the leader of Don Jorge’s external team. It is their army captain Jackson. He notifies Fred who urges Angel to signal Captain Jackson. The battle starts and the heavy attack with a car bomb shock Fred’s team. Captain Jackson sees Angel’s signal and sneaks on Angel and his teammate. He finds Angel who updates him on the situation. Captain Jackson promises to help them since he realizes he is hired by a drug cartel. Angel notifies Fred they will get help. Tanya and Robert arrive to assist but their firepower is too weak and they can only observe the fight. Don Jorge and his team make into the carwash building but in the final moment, Captain Jackson and his men assist Fred’s team by taking out Don Jorge’s team. Fred and Captain Jackson’s teams withdraw. Fred’s team plants drugs in one of Don Jorge’s cars and when the police arrive Tanya and Rob show them the car and the police conclude it was a drug-related battle.

Fred’s core team, Robert and Tanya meet at a restaurant to discuss the next step. FBI agents Pearson and Miller watch them through binoculars.

Nathaniel Baker

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