Gloria: So fancy that my little pig droppings.
Robert: You’ve given me everything, Gloria. Freedom. You’ve given me complete freedom to live the life that I want. I have a lot of little boys to play with and you have fed me, clothed me, and housed me. You have even saved me from the police.
Gloria: The pigs will never be involved with FEMJINA. They will never know how it floats or how it gloats. FEMJINA is in the forest and underground. You are safe, Robert, as long as you do exactly what I want. So remember that little speech you gave me, because it is what I will use to tell you how you have remained out of the gutter this far.
Robert: But now there is something I want.
Gloria: What is that?
Robert: You. I want to sleep with you.
Gloria: Robert, that just can’t happen not in these light years before us. I’ve told you this a hundred times before. (handing him tumbler) Refill please.
Robert: Why?
Gloria: Because I am thirsty.
Robert: But I want to touch you.
Gloria: Oh please, do you know how rusty the parts are? Enough. Give me my glass.
In the underground labs of FEMJINA INC., Dr. G rushes in.
DR: I’ve got it. I’ve found it.
Gloria: What? We may be overheard.
DR: No, no. This here is spy equipment -this remote control senses bugs. . .and not the kind in your hair or in your bed or your pubic region either, it senses electronic bugs in the mere vicinity. AND it detects there are none present in this basement lab.
Gloria: Good, then we can talk plainly in a matter of speaking plain.
DR: But the real news is that I have obtained an access key to the Magic wing. There we can steal magic.
Gloria: Oh, Doctor, I want to rub you down in oils of Arabia! My first order of business is to fly these chickens known as the FEMJINA congress and presidential suite off to cloud nine. Gloria McNan must reign supreme. Next, bite the head off that bitch who put my smoky treat out in the hospital. . .third, obtain my son with the film and then marry him promptly. All the while I will be learning MaJACK!
Robert and DR: Him?
Gloria: Him.
DR: Him who?
Robert: Whose him?
Gloria: Him. You. Him. Not you. Him. Everybody. Get me?
Robert: Not sure.
DR: (to himself) Not sure I like this.
Gloria: So what’s the status of my son?
Robert: He got away.
Gloria: Yes, I am fully aware.
Suddenly the door bursts open and the President returns with guards from the FEMJINA security department.
President: Gloria.
Gloria: What, featherbottom?
President: FEATHER BOTTOM? You dare call me that?
Gloria: Well that’s what you’re going to be when your ass is floating up into heaven. Get em, girls.
DR: What girls?
Robert and the Doctor look at each other. Gloria slowly unbuttons her blouse where her boobs are machine gun titties. She blows the President and the guards away.
President: Gloria, NO!
When the firing stops, everyone is dead except Gloria, Robert, and DR. One guard survives. He crawls slowly towards the door. Gloria walks up to him.
Gloria: Nobody drops a curtain on this fine ass. Please go tell everyone that Gloria McNan is the new president of FEMJINA INCORPORATED.
Robert: But there has never been a president who is ALSO in the League of Femjina.
DR: You are like Nero now or or Julius Caesar!
Gloria: Except I’m the only one doing the knifing and burning bridges around here. Martini, stat. We have a lot of work to do.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2007
19
Curtain drops on Gloria and she is unconscious under the curtain. Lights up on a smaller portion of the stage which is now turned into a small living room. There is a teenage boy which we have not seen before sitting on the couch watching television in shorts and a t-shirt. There is a side table next to him which he has placed a bowl of popcorn on. The phone rings the boy grabs a handful of popcorn and shoves it in his mouth then answers the phone.
Corey: Yeah, hello?(Pause while he chews and listens) Yeah, she isn’t home now (Goes to hang up) huh? Yeah I don’t know if I have a pen…wait I’ll look for one. (sets the phone down and watches TV for a minute then picks the phone back up) yeah you still there? Nope I couldn’t find one. Call back later ok? (goes to hang up) huh? I don’t know what time later, Jesus who is this? Ok then Dr G is it an emergency? Well I don’t think it really is. I’ll tell her you called when she gets home though. (hangs up. Starts watching more TV. The phone rings again, he waits and doesn’t want to answer it but then does) Yeah hello? (Pause) hello? I said hello? Anyone there? Jesus static. What the hell (He hangs up. He starts watching TV again. Then the phone rings. He answers) Yeah hello? Breathing, very funny. Who is this? Fuckin’ freak yeah well it doesn’t scare me. What’s your favorite scary movie? (He laughs then hangs up. He keeps flipping the channels and then starts watching something and starts laughing about it. The phone rings again) Yeah hello? (Pause) Oh dude what’s up? No no nothing really just watchin TV why?(Pause) No not really, I’m just watching some weird show or something. Yeah it’s a new show I watch now. Its pretty sweet. Its called Chef-Porn-R-D. (Pause) No dude I think you would like this show it is so funny. (Pause) No it isn’t like the Ma-Jak show although that show was really funny. No this show is like people in red chef hats that jump around on each other or something (his voice gets slower as he starts to watch the show and not pay attention to the fact that he is on the phone. He starts to laugh) Huh? No it wasn’t you it was the show. What did you just say? (pause) sorry I was sorta listening but this is really funny. Are you at home? You should turn it on. (pause) huh? I am listening why whats up? (pause) he what? I thought he couldn’t move? (pause) the nurse stole him? What the hell kind of hospital is he at? Yeah yeah ill come out. But I need more info than that man. Like what the hell is going on? (pause) ok what should we do about it? (pause) ok I’ll come over right now…no wait I cant my mom has the car. And a bunch of people have called and I have to give her the messages or something. (pause) some DR G or something. (says this slow) and some weird breather and some static or something. Holy shit! I think I’m going to die! Holy shit! (pause) you got to come over and help me right now! Run as fast as you can…Mike? Mike? Holy shit Mike are you there? (Starting to cry) Mike holy shit Mike!!! (The lights go out. There is a light from under the curtain as someone starts to raise it up and Gloria becomes alive again. She stands and begins to straighten her dress up. She saunters over to the table and pours herself a cocktail and then lights a cigarette. The place is dark as the lights come up on Gloria the light starts to revive her)
Gloria: Thank you Robert for freeing me from that horrid curtain. (pause) Twenty-million and seventy thousand light years before now I was hardly a graduate from the University.
A meer pawn in this game that we call of games this gamete that reminds us of the best times.
Robert: you got knocked down
Gloria: You piss! Don’t interrupt me from my blather. I hired you or rather you stumbled into my presence and became a surgeon of my work. I know you like the blood baths as much as I do Robert but you know I have another man. I have a can of creamed corn and I cant compromise that kind of thing right now. What have you done with the boy?
Robert: if you wont have me then what was all my work with the boy for?Gloria: Oh my stupid Robert my darling stupid Roberto. You are a grease like any of the disgusting pieces of shit that live among us you are one of the worst. Praying on the genitals of little children to light your way to exploration or rather explosion. And you see dear that I knew this. I knew you wanted yurned really for the child. In your eyes in your mannerisms other than the one protruding now. I created love for you by destruction of another.
Corey: Yeah, hello?(Pause while he chews and listens) Yeah, she isn’t home now (Goes to hang up) huh? Yeah I don’t know if I have a pen…wait I’ll look for one. (sets the phone down and watches TV for a minute then picks the phone back up) yeah you still there? Nope I couldn’t find one. Call back later ok? (goes to hang up) huh? I don’t know what time later, Jesus who is this? Ok then Dr G is it an emergency? Well I don’t think it really is. I’ll tell her you called when she gets home though. (hangs up. Starts watching more TV. The phone rings again, he waits and doesn’t want to answer it but then does) Yeah hello? (Pause) hello? I said hello? Anyone there? Jesus static. What the hell (He hangs up. He starts watching TV again. Then the phone rings. He answers) Yeah hello? Breathing, very funny. Who is this? Fuckin’ freak yeah well it doesn’t scare me. What’s your favorite scary movie? (He laughs then hangs up. He keeps flipping the channels and then starts watching something and starts laughing about it. The phone rings again) Yeah hello? (Pause) Oh dude what’s up? No no nothing really just watchin TV why?(Pause) No not really, I’m just watching some weird show or something. Yeah it’s a new show I watch now. Its pretty sweet. Its called Chef-Porn-R-D. (Pause) No dude I think you would like this show it is so funny. (Pause) No it isn’t like the Ma-Jak show although that show was really funny. No this show is like people in red chef hats that jump around on each other or something (his voice gets slower as he starts to watch the show and not pay attention to the fact that he is on the phone. He starts to laugh) Huh? No it wasn’t you it was the show. What did you just say? (pause) sorry I was sorta listening but this is really funny. Are you at home? You should turn it on. (pause) huh? I am listening why whats up? (pause) he what? I thought he couldn’t move? (pause) the nurse stole him? What the hell kind of hospital is he at? Yeah yeah ill come out. But I need more info than that man. Like what the hell is going on? (pause) ok what should we do about it? (pause) ok I’ll come over right now…no wait I cant my mom has the car. And a bunch of people have called and I have to give her the messages or something. (pause) some DR G or something. (says this slow) and some weird breather and some static or something. Holy shit! I think I’m going to die! Holy shit! (pause) you got to come over and help me right now! Run as fast as you can…Mike? Mike? Holy shit Mike are you there? (Starting to cry) Mike holy shit Mike!!! (The lights go out. There is a light from under the curtain as someone starts to raise it up and Gloria becomes alive again. She stands and begins to straighten her dress up. She saunters over to the table and pours herself a cocktail and then lights a cigarette. The place is dark as the lights come up on Gloria the light starts to revive her)
Gloria: Thank you Robert for freeing me from that horrid curtain. (pause) Twenty-million and seventy thousand light years before now I was hardly a graduate from the University.
A meer pawn in this game that we call of games this gamete that reminds us of the best times.
Robert: you got knocked down
Gloria: You piss! Don’t interrupt me from my blather. I hired you or rather you stumbled into my presence and became a surgeon of my work. I know you like the blood baths as much as I do Robert but you know I have another man. I have a can of creamed corn and I cant compromise that kind of thing right now. What have you done with the boy?
Robert: if you wont have me then what was all my work with the boy for?Gloria: Oh my stupid Robert my darling stupid Roberto. You are a grease like any of the disgusting pieces of shit that live among us you are one of the worst. Praying on the genitals of little children to light your way to exploration or rather explosion. And you see dear that I knew this. I knew you wanted yurned really for the child. In your eyes in your mannerisms other than the one protruding now. I created love for you by destruction of another.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
18
Alisa and Mom walk down the hallway of the school. Different parents come up and congratulate them.
Parent #1: You guys did awesome!
Parent #2: Everybody thinks you guys will win the pennant.
Child: Hey Alisa! Can you do that split kick again?
Alisa does the split kick in mid-air and someone runs up and shoves her.
Alisa: Ouch! My knee!
Mom: Alisa, baby! Oh my God. Are you okay? Did anybody see that masked man push my child?
A woman comes forward.
Woman: I did.
Mom: Oh thank God. Thank God. Please can you come with me?
Mom helps Alisa up who is limping and the three rush into the dressing room.
Mom: (to Woman) Who are you?
Woman: I’m one of the parents.
Mom: You saw that man in the mask out there?
Woman: Yeah.
Alisa: My leg is swollen.
Mom: What did he look like?
Woman: He was tall. . .maybe medium height.
Mom: More. . .tell me more. . .
Woman: He had on a ski mask. I don’t know if there is any more.
Mom: Look. Things have been happening to my family. Well, my daughter and me for a long time. It all started a long time ago when my five year old son was kidnapped from me and strange things happen so often ever sense, except I or we-
Alisa: We. . .we, Mom, definitely, We.
Mom: We can never track down who is doing these things. AND if it ever happens in public, nobody ever sees anything. EVER. . .but you did.
Woman: But I did. (noticing flowers across the room) Those are pretty flowers.
Mom: Wait. . .Alisa. . . don’t-
Woman: What do they smell like?
Mom runs up, grabs the bouquet out of Alisa’s hand, and points them towards the lady. Colored smoke comes out of them at the last second and gets the lady in the face.
Woman: (collapsing) You better . . .watch out. . .we’ll get you yet.
The woman hits the ground with a thud. A walkie talkie falls out of her pants.
McNan (on walkie talkie, a mere voice)- Are they dead yet? Did you kill them?
Mom- (picks up walkie talkie) Listen. . .bitch. I have this walkie talkie now and you missed. You missed us again. . .and my daughter and I will not live with this torment anymore. I’m taking this walkie talkie to the police station and you are gonna have it done to you. You are going to be put away for so long. . .
McNan (on talkie)- Game over, my apple blossoms.
A giant explosion is heard elsewhere in the building.
Mom: My God.
Another explosion erupts not far from them and the door blows in. Smoke clouds the room. Mom grabs a blanket and the woman’s wig from the ground which has fallen off.
Alisa: Mommy! I can barely walk.
Mom: I’m wrapping you in this blanket and we are getting out of here.
McNan: (on talkie) I wouldn’t be so sure, donkey bottoms.
Gloria laughs maniacally. Alisa is wrapped in the blanket and they exit through the smoke after Mom throws the walkie talkie up against the wall and it explodes. A curtain is pulled to the side to close the scene and another one is whisked open. A giant building stands before us. FEMJINA INC. It is so large, we only see part of a neon A lit up. Brown foliage surrounds a sign that says: Welcome to Femjina Inc. Please select below to go to the right wing: Product and Production Wing (arrow left), Black Arts (arrow right), Open-gate to Hell (straight ahead), Finances (from whence you came). Plastic plants have been added to give the surroundings a pleasanter feel. A giant door opens and we see Gloria McNan before a large desk. We cannot see who sits at the desk, but it is the President of the Company. He has the booming voice of God.
President: Gloria.
McNan: (smoking) What?
President: The movie has been in post-production for 15 years now or something like that. When are we going to get this movie? Do I have to directly threaten your life?
McNan: Do I have to remind you that your predecessor-general made me officially in the League of Femjinas? Are you a Femjina? I don’t think so. So watch your language or I’ll have to squash you like a bug. I want access to the magic wing. I wanna make maJACK!
Parent #1: You guys did awesome!
Parent #2: Everybody thinks you guys will win the pennant.
Child: Hey Alisa! Can you do that split kick again?
Alisa does the split kick in mid-air and someone runs up and shoves her.
Alisa: Ouch! My knee!
Mom: Alisa, baby! Oh my God. Are you okay? Did anybody see that masked man push my child?
A woman comes forward.
Woman: I did.
Mom: Oh thank God. Thank God. Please can you come with me?
Mom helps Alisa up who is limping and the three rush into the dressing room.
Mom: (to Woman) Who are you?
Woman: I’m one of the parents.
Mom: You saw that man in the mask out there?
Woman: Yeah.
Alisa: My leg is swollen.
Mom: What did he look like?
Woman: He was tall. . .maybe medium height.
Mom: More. . .tell me more. . .
Woman: He had on a ski mask. I don’t know if there is any more.
Mom: Look. Things have been happening to my family. Well, my daughter and me for a long time. It all started a long time ago when my five year old son was kidnapped from me and strange things happen so often ever sense, except I or we-
Alisa: We. . .we, Mom, definitely, We.
Mom: We can never track down who is doing these things. AND if it ever happens in public, nobody ever sees anything. EVER. . .but you did.
Woman: But I did. (noticing flowers across the room) Those are pretty flowers.
Mom: Wait. . .Alisa. . . don’t-
Woman: What do they smell like?
Mom runs up, grabs the bouquet out of Alisa’s hand, and points them towards the lady. Colored smoke comes out of them at the last second and gets the lady in the face.
Woman: (collapsing) You better . . .watch out. . .we’ll get you yet.
The woman hits the ground with a thud. A walkie talkie falls out of her pants.
McNan (on walkie talkie, a mere voice)- Are they dead yet? Did you kill them?
Mom- (picks up walkie talkie) Listen. . .bitch. I have this walkie talkie now and you missed. You missed us again. . .and my daughter and I will not live with this torment anymore. I’m taking this walkie talkie to the police station and you are gonna have it done to you. You are going to be put away for so long. . .
McNan (on talkie)- Game over, my apple blossoms.
A giant explosion is heard elsewhere in the building.
Mom: My God.
Another explosion erupts not far from them and the door blows in. Smoke clouds the room. Mom grabs a blanket and the woman’s wig from the ground which has fallen off.
Alisa: Mommy! I can barely walk.
Mom: I’m wrapping you in this blanket and we are getting out of here.
McNan: (on talkie) I wouldn’t be so sure, donkey bottoms.
Gloria laughs maniacally. Alisa is wrapped in the blanket and they exit through the smoke after Mom throws the walkie talkie up against the wall and it explodes. A curtain is pulled to the side to close the scene and another one is whisked open. A giant building stands before us. FEMJINA INC. It is so large, we only see part of a neon A lit up. Brown foliage surrounds a sign that says: Welcome to Femjina Inc. Please select below to go to the right wing: Product and Production Wing (arrow left), Black Arts (arrow right), Open-gate to Hell (straight ahead), Finances (from whence you came). Plastic plants have been added to give the surroundings a pleasanter feel. A giant door opens and we see Gloria McNan before a large desk. We cannot see who sits at the desk, but it is the President of the Company. He has the booming voice of God.
President: Gloria.
McNan: (smoking) What?
President: The movie has been in post-production for 15 years now or something like that. When are we going to get this movie? Do I have to directly threaten your life?
McNan: Do I have to remind you that your predecessor-general made me officially in the League of Femjinas? Are you a Femjina? I don’t think so. So watch your language or I’ll have to squash you like a bug. I want access to the magic wing. I wanna make maJACK!
Monday, April 23, 2007
17
The crew walks fast down the alley way ducking in the side when they hear something. Jonathan is on the walkie talkie which is coming in and out now. Trevor starts to get too heavy for Annie and she sets him on the side to take a breather. She tries to look back at her friend who she knows by now is dead she starts to cry.
Trevor: Oh Annie don’t cry its ok. I’m ok really
Jonathan: We cant stop here- we cant stop anywhere, you just don’t understand they are all over the place and now they are looking for us, if we stop then they are sure to find us. We have to keep moving(he is furious) we have to keep moving!
Annie: (Crying harder) I Cant carry him anymore. I just cant do this
Trevor: I’m ok really-
Jonathan: well you didn’t think about that when you jumped out the window did you?
Annie: That guy was coming at me with a hunting knife, what was I supposed to do?
Jonathan: Oh, come on you could have done something-
Annie: (crying harder) Come on! I cant-
Trevor: will you both please! I can walk now lets get going
Annie: I cant go. I cant do it. I mean I love you and all and I thought that we were going to be together, I mean that you were the one or something. I mean I was thinking about dresses and the color of our wedding and all but this- this is all too much I cant run the rest of my life. I cant fear some guy with a hunting knife I just cant!
Trevor: (Bewildered) You like me that much?
Jonathan: Come on man she cant like you that much I mean she just met you and really you have a great package any girl is going to go for tha- (the walkie talkie crackles) Curtis?
(Everyone is silent as the radio keeps crackling, then it begins to rain and the three are left in the dark alleyway in the rain. A figure creeps up from behind and jumps on Trevor. Annie screams and grabs at his legs but it is too late. The figure is dragging Trevor off the stage. Jonathan has been hit in the head and is bleeding from the head. Annie is fightened and starts screaming and trying to get Trevor back but the figure holds up a knife and Annie backs off. She is sitting in the rain while the curtain is drawn down and the stage goes black.)
(The curtain opens on a stage where little girls in pink tutu’s are doing a tap recital. The song is pop like and the girls are laughing and swinging their arms around. The audience is laughing and cheering. The song ends and the MC concludes the show. The kids go to their parents in the audience.)
Alisa: Hey mom!
Mom: Oh honey that was awesome. You did so well I could tell you have been practicing
Alisa: I know I think we messed up a couple of times but it was crazy!
Mom: I got these for you! (hands her flowers. She jumps up and down)
Alisa: Mom mom thank you thank you thank you I really wanted the purple ones how did you know that I really wanted the purple ones?
Mom: I dono just a hunch
Alisa: They are much better than the ones that the man gave me earlier
Mom: What man?
Alisa: There was a weird man in the dressing room earlier. It was weird but I’ll go get those flowers and put them with these flowers and then I will have lots of flowers.Mom: I think ill go with you to get those honey. Can you point out the man who gave those flowers to you?
Trevor: Oh Annie don’t cry its ok. I’m ok really
Jonathan: We cant stop here- we cant stop anywhere, you just don’t understand they are all over the place and now they are looking for us, if we stop then they are sure to find us. We have to keep moving(he is furious) we have to keep moving!
Annie: (Crying harder) I Cant carry him anymore. I just cant do this
Trevor: I’m ok really-
Jonathan: well you didn’t think about that when you jumped out the window did you?
Annie: That guy was coming at me with a hunting knife, what was I supposed to do?
Jonathan: Oh, come on you could have done something-
Annie: (crying harder) Come on! I cant-
Trevor: will you both please! I can walk now lets get going
Annie: I cant go. I cant do it. I mean I love you and all and I thought that we were going to be together, I mean that you were the one or something. I mean I was thinking about dresses and the color of our wedding and all but this- this is all too much I cant run the rest of my life. I cant fear some guy with a hunting knife I just cant!
Trevor: (Bewildered) You like me that much?
Jonathan: Come on man she cant like you that much I mean she just met you and really you have a great package any girl is going to go for tha- (the walkie talkie crackles) Curtis?
(Everyone is silent as the radio keeps crackling, then it begins to rain and the three are left in the dark alleyway in the rain. A figure creeps up from behind and jumps on Trevor. Annie screams and grabs at his legs but it is too late. The figure is dragging Trevor off the stage. Jonathan has been hit in the head and is bleeding from the head. Annie is fightened and starts screaming and trying to get Trevor back but the figure holds up a knife and Annie backs off. She is sitting in the rain while the curtain is drawn down and the stage goes black.)
(The curtain opens on a stage where little girls in pink tutu’s are doing a tap recital. The song is pop like and the girls are laughing and swinging their arms around. The audience is laughing and cheering. The song ends and the MC concludes the show. The kids go to their parents in the audience.)
Alisa: Hey mom!
Mom: Oh honey that was awesome. You did so well I could tell you have been practicing
Alisa: I know I think we messed up a couple of times but it was crazy!
Mom: I got these for you! (hands her flowers. She jumps up and down)
Alisa: Mom mom thank you thank you thank you I really wanted the purple ones how did you know that I really wanted the purple ones?
Mom: I dono just a hunch
Alisa: They are much better than the ones that the man gave me earlier
Mom: What man?
Alisa: There was a weird man in the dressing room earlier. It was weird but I’ll go get those flowers and put them with these flowers and then I will have lots of flowers.Mom: I think ill go with you to get those honey. Can you point out the man who gave those flowers to you?
Sunday, April 22, 2007
16
Annie: How did you get in here anyway? (to Kathy) Weren’t you watching?
Kathy: Of course I was. How did you get in here?
Robert has mean eyes now. And a weathered face. He gets up menacingly without saying much and slowly walks over between Annie and Kathy. They are on edge –not knowing how to move and Robert points the knife at them threateningly. Both ladies tremble.
Robert: Either of you know where a vending machine is? I want a candy bar. (pause) And you. . .you are gonna buy it for me.
Kathy: But I don’t have any money!
Robert: Do you want to be some sliced salmon? Cause I’ll cut you like a fish.
Annie: You better do it!
Kathy: Thanks, Annie!
Robert: Better do what she says. Don’t worry. We’ll be back.
He puts the knife to her throat and they exit slowly. In the hallway, screams and shouts are heard as Kathy is publicly being made a hostage.
Trevor: I’m so sorry that this happened to you. So sorry.
Annie: Shhhh. Come on. Now! You bloody son of a Bitch-
Trevor: Annie!
Annie: No! You motha fucking’ shhhh! I wanna get you out of here alive. So we have to go now. . .
Trevor: I think I likey liken your style woman. Oh shit I think I just quoted my mother. I mean Gloria, SHIT.
Annie: I don’t care.
Annie unbuckles Trevor’s straps and takes a key ring off her belt and unlocks the barred windows. She shoves the screen out and scoops Trevor out of his bed and throws him over her shoulder.
Trevor: (while the above is taking place) Wow, you mean business.
Annie: One thing about me Trevor, is when somebody pushes my buttons. Uh. There we go. I get things done and I do them the way I want. You know that can get you into trouble sometimes, but you know what? I don’t care.
Trevor: Hey. Hey. I’m not a paraplegic.
Annie: We don’t have any time.
They are out the window and into the previous alley. Jonathan is still there with a 40 oz. beer.
Jonathan: Hey. Hey. Where are you kids going?
Annie: Come with us and find out.
Robert (from off, inside the window)- Looks like they busted out the screen.
Fucking kids.
Kathy- (appearing in the window) Annie! Run! Run! Annie!
Robert- (appearing) You bitch.
Jonathan, Annie, and Trevor, who is still over Annie’s shoulder, all watch as Kathy’s eyes go wide and her mouth stiffens from pain. Robert has stabbed her in the back.
Blood gurgles out Kathy’s mouth and Robert shoves his half eaten Hershey bar in it and pushes her out of the way. He begins to climb out the window.
Annie: Oh my God.
Then Jonathan and Annie start to run and Robert is in pursuit. They run out into the open street. A car is parked with Gloria in it and she watches them unnoticed.
Jonathan: Wow, you have some muscles on you.
Trevor: Can you put me down?
Annie: Fine. Where are we going to go now?
Jonathan: I know a place. Follow me.
They walk past Gloria’s car. Jonathan throws the 40 into a nearby trashcan and Gloria gets out and takes it. She pulls out a walkie talkie.
Gloria: They are heading west on 40th. He’s with them. My feet hurt, I’m going home to my foot bath and my flamingos. . .I want the girl dead and my son brought back to me unscathed.
She gets in the car and drives off.
Farther ahead, Annie and Trevor follow Jonathan.
Annie: What does that freak want from you?
Trevor: I have a tape from my childhood. I have the reels of a movie that bitch my so-called mother was making. I stole it and have hidden it.
Jonathan: What the fuck! I thought that was destroyed in the fire set by Oleena.
He pulls out a walkie talkie.
Jonathan: (on walkie talkie) Curtis. Hey Curtis. This is bigger than we thought.
Kathy: Of course I was. How did you get in here?
Robert has mean eyes now. And a weathered face. He gets up menacingly without saying much and slowly walks over between Annie and Kathy. They are on edge –not knowing how to move and Robert points the knife at them threateningly. Both ladies tremble.
Robert: Either of you know where a vending machine is? I want a candy bar. (pause) And you. . .you are gonna buy it for me.
Kathy: But I don’t have any money!
Robert: Do you want to be some sliced salmon? Cause I’ll cut you like a fish.
Annie: You better do it!
Kathy: Thanks, Annie!
Robert: Better do what she says. Don’t worry. We’ll be back.
He puts the knife to her throat and they exit slowly. In the hallway, screams and shouts are heard as Kathy is publicly being made a hostage.
Trevor: I’m so sorry that this happened to you. So sorry.
Annie: Shhhh. Come on. Now! You bloody son of a Bitch-
Trevor: Annie!
Annie: No! You motha fucking’ shhhh! I wanna get you out of here alive. So we have to go now. . .
Trevor: I think I likey liken your style woman. Oh shit I think I just quoted my mother. I mean Gloria, SHIT.
Annie: I don’t care.
Annie unbuckles Trevor’s straps and takes a key ring off her belt and unlocks the barred windows. She shoves the screen out and scoops Trevor out of his bed and throws him over her shoulder.
Trevor: (while the above is taking place) Wow, you mean business.
Annie: One thing about me Trevor, is when somebody pushes my buttons. Uh. There we go. I get things done and I do them the way I want. You know that can get you into trouble sometimes, but you know what? I don’t care.
Trevor: Hey. Hey. I’m not a paraplegic.
Annie: We don’t have any time.
They are out the window and into the previous alley. Jonathan is still there with a 40 oz. beer.
Jonathan: Hey. Hey. Where are you kids going?
Annie: Come with us and find out.
Robert (from off, inside the window)- Looks like they busted out the screen.
Fucking kids.
Kathy- (appearing in the window) Annie! Run! Run! Annie!
Robert- (appearing) You bitch.
Jonathan, Annie, and Trevor, who is still over Annie’s shoulder, all watch as Kathy’s eyes go wide and her mouth stiffens from pain. Robert has stabbed her in the back.
Blood gurgles out Kathy’s mouth and Robert shoves his half eaten Hershey bar in it and pushes her out of the way. He begins to climb out the window.
Annie: Oh my God.
Then Jonathan and Annie start to run and Robert is in pursuit. They run out into the open street. A car is parked with Gloria in it and she watches them unnoticed.
Jonathan: Wow, you have some muscles on you.
Trevor: Can you put me down?
Annie: Fine. Where are we going to go now?
Jonathan: I know a place. Follow me.
They walk past Gloria’s car. Jonathan throws the 40 into a nearby trashcan and Gloria gets out and takes it. She pulls out a walkie talkie.
Gloria: They are heading west on 40th. He’s with them. My feet hurt, I’m going home to my foot bath and my flamingos. . .I want the girl dead and my son brought back to me unscathed.
She gets in the car and drives off.
Farther ahead, Annie and Trevor follow Jonathan.
Annie: What does that freak want from you?
Trevor: I have a tape from my childhood. I have the reels of a movie that bitch my so-called mother was making. I stole it and have hidden it.
Jonathan: What the fuck! I thought that was destroyed in the fire set by Oleena.
He pulls out a walkie talkie.
Jonathan: (on walkie talkie) Curtis. Hey Curtis. This is bigger than we thought.
Friday, April 20, 2007
15
Ms. McNan stands in the same spot for a few seconds staring at Annie, who has a frozen expression on her face but is trying to hold her ground. Suddenly Ms McNan turns and starts to walk out. She catches herself and turns back to Annie who jumps in fight.
McNan: I will have you know, you little snively little twirp that I am important. And with the my title not only as mother of Trevor but mother Earth I will call the shots from now on. My delicious man candy the Dr G will be hearing about this fandangle you have created today, and it will be remembered. (She storms out of the room)
(Kathy and Annie stand in silence for a moment)
Kathey: Jesus, you weren’t kidding, she is fightening
Annie: And drunk. God did you smell that?
Kathy: I wasn’t breathing the whole time
Annie: (Regaining her composure) Now, I have to have another break because there is this guy outside by the trash-
(From the other room Trevor speaks)
Trevor: Annie? Is that you? Can I see you for a second?
Annie: (to Kathy) Can you stall him? I have to go talk to this guy!
Kathy: Stall him? While you go talk to some homeless guy? I thought you were just in love with Trevor?
Annie: (Whispering) I AM! But there was this bum outside that was talking about how he knew Trevor or something and-
Trevor: Annie, please I think I need you in here
Annie: Oh, my god he is so cute
Kathy: What about your one true bum?
Annie: Shut up. I’m coming Trevor sweetie one second (to Kathy) now I have to go in there.
Kathy: Don’t think I’m going to go talk to some bum
Annie: Forget about the bum- well don’t forget about him but I’ll go see after my shift or on my next break
Trevor: Uh, are you coming?
Annie: Yeah Trevor I’m coming (she walks into his room and screams. Kathy comes running into the room and starts yelling and there is the sound of things being broken)
(Set turns to reveil the bedroom where Trevor is staying. Robert is sitting in a chair in the corner of the room. Trevor is in a scared trance in his bed. Annie is standing comforting him and Kathy’s gaze is frozen on the knife in his hand. He is slowly shaving the top layers of this hands off. Rocking slowly he is silent)
Annie: Who are you?
Kathy: Whoever you are you cant be here
Annie: This is a restrictive room!
Kathy: We will call security (She doesn’t move from her spot)
Robert: (Stops rocking and stares at her) No you wont
Kathy: (After a moment pause) Why wont I?
Robert: Because I have a hunting knife. And I feel like hunting…you
Annie: Why are you here?
Robert: This boy here has something that I need. Something that can send me homeAnnie: He doesn’t have anything of yours. We checked him in when he came here he is clean of anything!
McNan: I will have you know, you little snively little twirp that I am important. And with the my title not only as mother of Trevor but mother Earth I will call the shots from now on. My delicious man candy the Dr G will be hearing about this fandangle you have created today, and it will be remembered. (She storms out of the room)
(Kathy and Annie stand in silence for a moment)
Kathey: Jesus, you weren’t kidding, she is fightening
Annie: And drunk. God did you smell that?
Kathy: I wasn’t breathing the whole time
Annie: (Regaining her composure) Now, I have to have another break because there is this guy outside by the trash-
(From the other room Trevor speaks)
Trevor: Annie? Is that you? Can I see you for a second?
Annie: (to Kathy) Can you stall him? I have to go talk to this guy!
Kathy: Stall him? While you go talk to some homeless guy? I thought you were just in love with Trevor?
Annie: (Whispering) I AM! But there was this bum outside that was talking about how he knew Trevor or something and-
Trevor: Annie, please I think I need you in here
Annie: Oh, my god he is so cute
Kathy: What about your one true bum?
Annie: Shut up. I’m coming Trevor sweetie one second (to Kathy) now I have to go in there.
Kathy: Don’t think I’m going to go talk to some bum
Annie: Forget about the bum- well don’t forget about him but I’ll go see after my shift or on my next break
Trevor: Uh, are you coming?
Annie: Yeah Trevor I’m coming (she walks into his room and screams. Kathy comes running into the room and starts yelling and there is the sound of things being broken)
(Set turns to reveil the bedroom where Trevor is staying. Robert is sitting in a chair in the corner of the room. Trevor is in a scared trance in his bed. Annie is standing comforting him and Kathy’s gaze is frozen on the knife in his hand. He is slowly shaving the top layers of this hands off. Rocking slowly he is silent)
Annie: Who are you?
Kathy: Whoever you are you cant be here
Annie: This is a restrictive room!
Kathy: We will call security (She doesn’t move from her spot)
Robert: (Stops rocking and stares at her) No you wont
Kathy: (After a moment pause) Why wont I?
Robert: Because I have a hunting knife. And I feel like hunting…you
Annie: Why are you here?
Robert: This boy here has something that I need. Something that can send me homeAnnie: He doesn’t have anything of yours. We checked him in when he came here he is clean of anything!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
14
Annie: I’m going to go now. I think you need to sleep.
Trevor: I don’t want to sleep.
Annie: Can you- ummm- if I promise to help you get out of here?
Trevor: (laughs) Yeah right.
Annie: Don’t say another word. Leave everything up to me.
Trevor: You-
Annie: Not another word. What do you have to lose now? You’re already a prisoner. You can’t go any lower.
Trevor: True.
Annie: Get some rest.
Annie goes out into the hallway of the psychiatric ward of the hospital. Nurses and Doctors greet and nod to her. She goes up to the desk where Kathy sits.
Annie: Is Doctor G, scheduled to come in today?
Kathy: No, he’s at his office all day. Counciling. Why?
Annie: I want to go out and do a smoke break.
Kathy: But, child, you don’t smoke.
Annie: So what? You do! Why do smokers have privileges when all they do is kill themselves? I want to have a break like you do, except I won’t be taking off seven minutes of my life with that thing that you call pleasure.
Kathy: Fine. You’ve got five minutes.
Annie: You get six.
Kathy: Whatever.
Annie bolts out into an alley way and takes out her cell phone. She dials and then listens intently. Unbeknownst to her, a bum sits near the garbage can.
Annie: Hey Charla! Hey sister girlfriend. Yeah, yeah, I’m at work. But I think I’m in love. You know all those dreams I’ve been having, well he woke up today. . . and he sounds just like he does in the dreams. . . no no no, no pedestal. . . He deserves a golden altar! . . . I don’t care. . . .I really don’t. Ummm Trevor McNan.
The Bum stirs.
Annie: I’m going to help him escape from the hospital. . . .Don’t tell anybody. You just do your job at the gas station and I’ll be a nurse. . . the doctor is crazy. Sometimes nurses know more than doctors. . . have you ever wanted to risk it all for one person? Yeah. . . you’re boring. . .you wouldn’t.
Bum- Do you have a dollar?
Annie: (to bum) Ewww. No. (to phone) Charla, oh crazy homeless guy.
Bum- I know Trevor McNan.
Kathy: (from off) You’ve got two minutes, missy!
Annie: (to Kathy) Yeah, yeah. (to Bum) What did you say? (to Phone) Hold on a second, Charla.
Bum- My name is Jonathan. I tried to save Trevor once.
Annie: You did? (to Phone) Charla, gotta go. (She hangs up)
Bum/Jonathan- Give me a dollar and I’ll tell you all about it.
Kathy: (appears at the door) The McNan boy is asking for you.
McNan: (off) Excuse me, Excuse me, what room did you say my son was in?
Annie: Can you wait right here? I gotta go for a second.
Jonathan: Where else am I going to go?
Annie rushes in and sees Gloria McNan decked out in some glorious coat with a cigarette holder before Kathy at the desk. McNan’s hair is insane and smoke comes off the tip of the cigarette. Annie rushes up.
Annie: Mrs. McNan. Mrs. McNan.
McNan: Ms. It’s Ms. To you.
Annie: I’m sorry, Ms. McNan, but you have to put cigarettes out in the hospital.
McNan: Fall-da-roll and fiddle dee dee. Nobody speaks like that-
Annie takes the cigarette and smashes it on the floor.
Annie: They do now.
McNan: Young lady.
Annie: My name is Annie. Annie Graham. Nurse Annie Graham and I’m in charge of your son when Dr. G is not here. Please step to the side. Your son is not in a condition to see you at this time. Kathy, those are my orders.
McNan: How old are you?
Annie: I refuse to answer the question. Good day, Ms. McNan. Come back tomorrow
-without a cigarette.
Trevor: I don’t want to sleep.
Annie: Can you- ummm- if I promise to help you get out of here?
Trevor: (laughs) Yeah right.
Annie: Don’t say another word. Leave everything up to me.
Trevor: You-
Annie: Not another word. What do you have to lose now? You’re already a prisoner. You can’t go any lower.
Trevor: True.
Annie: Get some rest.
Annie goes out into the hallway of the psychiatric ward of the hospital. Nurses and Doctors greet and nod to her. She goes up to the desk where Kathy sits.
Annie: Is Doctor G, scheduled to come in today?
Kathy: No, he’s at his office all day. Counciling. Why?
Annie: I want to go out and do a smoke break.
Kathy: But, child, you don’t smoke.
Annie: So what? You do! Why do smokers have privileges when all they do is kill themselves? I want to have a break like you do, except I won’t be taking off seven minutes of my life with that thing that you call pleasure.
Kathy: Fine. You’ve got five minutes.
Annie: You get six.
Kathy: Whatever.
Annie bolts out into an alley way and takes out her cell phone. She dials and then listens intently. Unbeknownst to her, a bum sits near the garbage can.
Annie: Hey Charla! Hey sister girlfriend. Yeah, yeah, I’m at work. But I think I’m in love. You know all those dreams I’ve been having, well he woke up today. . . and he sounds just like he does in the dreams. . . no no no, no pedestal. . . He deserves a golden altar! . . . I don’t care. . . .I really don’t. Ummm Trevor McNan.
The Bum stirs.
Annie: I’m going to help him escape from the hospital. . . .Don’t tell anybody. You just do your job at the gas station and I’ll be a nurse. . . the doctor is crazy. Sometimes nurses know more than doctors. . . have you ever wanted to risk it all for one person? Yeah. . . you’re boring. . .you wouldn’t.
Bum- Do you have a dollar?
Annie: (to bum) Ewww. No. (to phone) Charla, oh crazy homeless guy.
Bum- I know Trevor McNan.
Kathy: (from off) You’ve got two minutes, missy!
Annie: (to Kathy) Yeah, yeah. (to Bum) What did you say? (to Phone) Hold on a second, Charla.
Bum- My name is Jonathan. I tried to save Trevor once.
Annie: You did? (to Phone) Charla, gotta go. (She hangs up)
Bum/Jonathan- Give me a dollar and I’ll tell you all about it.
Kathy: (appears at the door) The McNan boy is asking for you.
McNan: (off) Excuse me, Excuse me, what room did you say my son was in?
Annie: Can you wait right here? I gotta go for a second.
Jonathan: Where else am I going to go?
Annie rushes in and sees Gloria McNan decked out in some glorious coat with a cigarette holder before Kathy at the desk. McNan’s hair is insane and smoke comes off the tip of the cigarette. Annie rushes up.
Annie: Mrs. McNan. Mrs. McNan.
McNan: Ms. It’s Ms. To you.
Annie: I’m sorry, Ms. McNan, but you have to put cigarettes out in the hospital.
McNan: Fall-da-roll and fiddle dee dee. Nobody speaks like that-
Annie takes the cigarette and smashes it on the floor.
Annie: They do now.
McNan: Young lady.
Annie: My name is Annie. Annie Graham. Nurse Annie Graham and I’m in charge of your son when Dr. G is not here. Please step to the side. Your son is not in a condition to see you at this time. Kathy, those are my orders.
McNan: How old are you?
Annie: I refuse to answer the question. Good day, Ms. McNan. Come back tomorrow
-without a cigarette.
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