opening scene

A fierce battle happens in the ring. The two masked wrestlers, Tia’s Father and El Terrible’, exchange devastating blows. A young Tia, maybe 4 or 5, excitedly watches her father deliver explosive hits to El Terrible’, from a small TV in a run-down shack, in the slums of town. Her mother paces back and forth, nervously clenching at the dish towel in her hands, only able to look at the TV for brief moments before cringing away. Tia punches along with her father cheering him on, as it appears his winning the match.

                Back in the ring, Tia’s Father taunts El Terrible’; “No more dirty tricks? I didn’t think you would play this one fairly.” El Terrible’ just smiles and then rushes at Tia’s father, grabbing him by the shoulders. Once in the grapple El Terrible’ leans in and says that Tia’s father has a beautiful family, and he’s surprised that he would leave them so unprotected. Tia’s father breaks the grapple and tosses El Terrible’ into the turn buckle, and runs to the edge of the ring and begins to yell into the camera, “Get out of the house, get Tia and get out of the house!”

                 Back at Tia’s house Tia’s mother runs over and picks up Tia and begins to run to the door, from the window she can see a car pull up and masked wrestlers get out and run towards the house. Tia’s mother stops and looks around the house, she sees the book case and runs to it. She puts Tia down and pushes the book case aside revealing a hole in the wall.  Tia’s mother can hear the wrestlers banging on the door, trying to break it in. She tells Tia to stay hidden and not come out no matter what. Tia’s mother pushes the book case back as the door breaks open. 3 masked wrestlers stand in the door way, “Get her!” one yells. Tia watches the shadows of the masked wrestlers and her mother struggle, and then the masked wrestlers pick up Tia’s mother and leave. Through the cracks behind the book case Tia watches her father on the TV being beaten around the ring.