Tankograd

VASYA

(indignantly)

What about personal time?

INSPECTOR

The cleverest one?

VASYA

No. But now it's not the USSR. It was GRANDFATHER who told me how they were mustered back then.

VASYA

Nowadays, you can make money even without education.

INSPECTOR

I would answer you. You're talkative. But it's complicated for you. There is information that you extort money from schoolchildren. And that already smells like a felony.

VASYA

And who misinformed you like this?

INSPECTOR

That's right, those whom you're shaking down are completely denying it. But their parents and teachers have seen and heard it all.

VASYA

When you have concrete evidence, then I will come to you for lessons.

Vasya gets up from the chair.

VASYA(continuing)

Well, unfortunately, I won't be coming to you. We have democracy, not the dictatorship of the proletariat. And I can perfectly manage my free time.

INSPECTOR

Playing with fire, Vasya.

Vasya leaves the office, followed by the others, one after another.

INSPECTOR

Where are you going?

SERGEY

We are together anyway.

VALERA

We are participating in the "Dirty Dancing" contest at D-club, located on Kirovka.

Chapter 6

There are a lot of people partying at the nightclub and the music is playing loudly. Adults are sitting at the tables drinking. VASYA and his friends approach the entrance, but they are stopped by the security..

VASYA

(angrily)

What's the problem??

THE GUARD

Show me your passport?

SERGEY

Oh, forget it, boss.

THE GUARD

I will show you so hard that you won't seem like enough.

VASYA

Don't play around, buddy. We're compensating for moral damages. Will fifty rubles be enough?" – VASYA pulls out two five-thousand ruble bills and hands them to THE GUARD.

THE GUARD

Darn. I could lose my job if the garbage will take you.

VASYA

And we will be obedient. Honest pioneers.

THE GUARD

Well, look. If you set me up, I'll beat you with a belt myself.

VASYA

Agreed.

VASYA and his friends walk inside and head towards an empty table. On the elevated stage, half-naked strippers with voluptuous bare breasts are dancing.

VALERA

(mouth wide open)

Wow! Real ones!

VASYA

Close your mouth, or you'll catch a cold in your guts.

The waitress girl approaches their table.

THE WAITRESS GIRL

What will you be ordering?

OLEG

Borscht, compote, and an entree.

The waitress looks serious.

THE WAITRESS GIRL

We don't have that here. That's something you'd find at a canteen.

VASYA

Girl, he's joking. Bring us something not too strong and a bite to eat, at your discretion.

SERGEY

Beer and gin with tonic.

THE WAITRESS GIRL

And how old are you guys? You can't drink alcohol?

VASYA

Don't be silly, girl. If we didn't pass the age requirement, they wouldn't have let us in here.

THE WAITRESS GIRL

Sorry.

THE WAITRESS GIRL goes to the bartender. Underage youngsters, slightly tipsy, dance to modern music among the crowd. The girls dance without restraint, resembling strippers. Suddenly, a special forces unit bursts into the room with guns and masks. They make everyone lie on the floor. Those who do not obey are beaten with rifle butts. Afterward, they are taken away by bus to the nearest police station. Vasya and his buddies are also led out to the bus. As detainees, they are handcuffed.

VASYA

Now we will have to come to Surna to learn the lessons specifically.

SERGEY

That's for sure.

In the corridor, the parents of all the teenagers detained in the strip club are waiting. Vasya's MOTHER and FATHER arrive. A police officer leads the teenagers out, and they timidly approach their parents. Vasya looks at his MOTHER and sees tears streaming down her face.

MOTHER

(Offended)

Traitor.

MOTHER leaves the building first.

FATHER

Nobody beat you?

VASYA

No, they just had a conversation with me.

FATHER

Where did you get so much money from?

VASYA

Found it at the bus stop.

FATHER

Alright. We'll talk about this at home. Now they will send the paper for work. They will take away the bonuses and issue a fine. Yes, son, I did not expect this from you.

VASYA

But you weren't like this before?

FATHER

Yes, I also had my wild times until I got married.

Vasya and his father exit the building and follow his mother. They get into the car and drive away.

In the classroom with desks, Vasya and all his friends sit in the presence of Inspector Natalya Viktorovna Surna. They are working on their homework. Inspector Surna is writing something and only occasionally throws a glance at the offenders.

VASYA

That's it, Natalya Viktorovna. I'm done. Will you check it?

INSPECTOR

Why? Your teacher will check it and inform me. If you lied, you will come here for another month. But if not, I will stop your visits in a month. The choice is yours.

VASYA

May God bless you.

INSPECTOR

Are you mocking me?

Friends look at Vasya with a surprised smile.

During the lesson, Vasya sits at the back of the class at the desk with Serega. The teacher is looking at a journal. There is silence in the classroom.

OLEG

Vasya. Do you want to do something funny?

VASYA

Speak.

OLEG

My sister's friends bought a snake online.

VASYA

Cool.

Oleg raises his jacket and the head of a small snake appears from the inner pocket.

VASYA

Is it poisonous?

OLEG

No, it's not. It's a non-venomous species. A Corn Snake. But it's still a teenager.