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Stories in production
Merton Dingle Love Machine
Demon In The Slow Lane
Nature Is Bad
CRUD revised ending
Freaky Wednesday Page 1
Freaky Wednesday Page 2
Vision Girl Page 1
Vision Girl Page 2
7 Unfinished PLEASE HELP
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| Graduation Day INT: Tommy’s Bedroom Tommy is sleeping in his bed when he suddenly jerks awake. (Tommy’s Inner Monologue) Did you ever have one of those mornings where you wake up from a dream and something weird happens which makes you wake up again because that was also a dream? INT: Kitchen Tommy walks drearily into the kitchen. He drags himself to the refrigerator and opens it. A guy in a banana suit walks out and hands him a snack pack. INT: Bedroom Tommy rolls out of bed and slams on the ground face down; he doesn’t get up. (TIM) This was one of those mornings, and that usually meant something bad was going to happen. INT: Kitchen The Family (minus Dean of course) is sitting at the table eating breakfast. Tommy looks drained and has bags under his eyes. Mom: So, I bet you’re excited. Tommy: Huh? Mom: Did you forget? Tommy: Forget what? Mom: What happens in two weeks. (TIM) Right now, I forget who you people are. Mom: Graduation! Tommy: Oh right, great. He slumps lower into the table. Dad: Is something wrong? Tommy: No, I’m fine. (TIM) Great, fantastic, spectacular. Mom: You don’t look fine. Tommy: No really, I’m fine. She looks at the clock. Mom: Well you better get to school or you’ll be late. His face falls into his cereal bowl. Mom: Uh… Honey? Tommy (Not Lifting His Head Up): Yeah, I’m coming. Dad: Maybe you should stay home today. Tommy: No, I’m good. INT: School Hallway Tommy is walking down the hall looking at all the people setting up banners and talking about college as if he had just entered another dimension. (TIM) Maybe its just me but when you’ve gone to school for twelve years and than they suddenly tell you that you don’t have to come anymore, it doesn’t really register. It was so much easier when I was a sophomore; back then I knew that I was going to get a scholarship and play football for some really smart college. Now there’s all this other stuff that I have to deal with; the scholarship isn’t a sure thing so I have money issues, not to mention college requirements, oh yeah and there’s that part where I fight demons and turn into a dog when I get angry. Maybe I just need the right perspective. He walks up to Merton at his locker. Tommy: Hey Merton. Merton: Hey Tommy, excited about graduation? Tommy: Why does everybody keep asking me that? Merton: Well it is the… Tommy: The best day of our lives, yeah I’ve heard, I’m just not feeling it. Merton: What do you mean? We get to not come to school, that was always been the dream. Tommy: Maybe for you but I like highschool, I know where everything is. Merton: But college’ll be fun. Tommy: If I get to go. Merton: Oh, don’t worry about that, you’ll get that scholarship. Tommy: Okay, what about monster hunting? Merton: We can still do that. Tommy: Not if I get a scholarship out of state. Merton: Oh darn it, you don’t get to risk your life everyday for nothing anymore, I guess you’ll just have to deal. Tommy: What we do is important. Merton: I know, but it’s not like there’s not gonna be another group of plucky young monster hunters to take our place. Tommy: What? Merton: We’ve averted the apocalypse a million times and someone always comes back to try it again. Tommy: All the more reason to stay. Merton: You’re missing the point, they’ve been trying to start the apocalypse since the world began and there have always been people to stop it. Tommy: So we’re just going to be replaced? Merton: Most likely. Tommy: You sound kinda cynical, something wrong. Merton: Typical TNT stuff, but my original point still stands. Tommy: Well there’s one thing I know we still need to take care of. Merton: What’s that? Tommy: That evil guy that looks kinda like you. Merton: He can wait two weeks. Tommy: I don’t know Merton, this is the longest a creep like him has been active and he hasn’t made a move in awhile. Merton: Trust me, you have nothing to worry about. INT: Mausoleum The body of a shabbily dressed demon falls to the ground. Evil Merton turns around and places a forth scroll on the pile. His plant claw forms back into its human look. E. Merton: Thanks, by the way you can expect payment sometime in the middle of your next life. He smiles evilly and pulls a small object out of his pocket. It looks like a miniature 8-ball but it’s glazed and rough. E. Merton: So, where’s my next scroll? The 8-ball shakes a little bit and then the word “Merton” appears in the glass dome. E. Merton: Huh, well that’s a coincidence. INT: Classroom A teacher is talking to the class; Tommy is in the back row. Teacher: As you all know, you’ll be graduating next week so today I’d like to talk about… INT: Another Classroom A different teacher is addressing another class; Tommy is in a different seat. Teacher: …the future. You will be faced with many challenges… INT: Yet Another Classroom Same situation as before, Tommy is again in a different seat. Teacher: …many obstacles that you will have to face. Camera focuses on Tommy as he slumps lower into his desk. Teacher (Voice): Blah blah blah, blah blah, blah blah. INT: The Factory Tommy, Merton, and Allison are sitting at the bar. Tommy is angrily surveying the banner for a “Farewell Seniors” party taking place on Friday. Tommy: This is just ridiculous, I can’t even relax in my favorite nightspot without being reminded of graduation. Allison: What is your problem, Tommy? You’re lucky; at least you get to graduate from the school you’ve gone to the last four years. Merton: He’s just nervous. Tommy: I’m not nervous, it’s just that we have the Strangler to deal with and everything… Allison: You should be excited, it’s gonna be the best day of your life, remember? Tommy looks intently through the crowds. Allison: What are you doing? Tommy: I was just looking for the guy in the banana suit. Allison: What? Tommy: Nothing. You know what, I need some fresh air. Tommy leaves. Allison: So Merton, what are your plans for after graduation? Merton: Oh I don’t know, marry a rich oil heiress, have several mistresses of course, I haven’t decided as to whether I want to die in a motorcycle accident or a skydiving accident, what do you think? Allison: skydiving definitely. Merton: What about you? Allison: I don’t know, college probably, somewhere safe like Wisconsin or Utah. Merton: Not a fan of danger? Allison: I always thought I was, until I came here. California is legendary for weird crap but it’s nothing compared to Pleasantville. Merton: It’s fun though. Allison: So how did you start with the supernatural? Merton: I always kinda had a fascination with it, ever since I was a little kid and I thought there were vampires in my closet, turns out we had a huge rat problem but the obsession stuck. Allison: Seriously though, what are you gonna do? Merton: I don’t know, I’m probably gonna take a year off from everything. Allison: Everything? Merton: You heard me. I’m gonna go home, change out of my robe, and watch TV for an entire year. Allison: What could you possibly watch for the entire year? Merton: Well, there are always S Club marathons on. Allison laughs at the utter notion that someone would watch S Club 7. Merton: Just kidding. Allison: Well what about after that? Merton: College, probably. Allison: You mean away from all this? Merton: Yeah, My heart’s just not in it. I got to reading about all the other “End of the World” prophecies and how they were all stopped by people just like us, like I told Tommy, somebody’s bound to replace us. Allison: Jeez, you’ve really lost faith in the whole “good versus evil” thing. Merton: Its kinda hard to lose it all, what with Tommy being so gung-ho recently, “Let’s go find the Strangler, maybe if we go down every single street we’ll catch him off guard”. Allison: He has been acting strangely. EXT: Street, Night Tommy is walking down the street when he bumps into Evil Merton. Tommy: Hey, I thought you were at the Factory. E. Merton: Oh, I was, I left. Tommy: Where’s Allison? E. Merton: She went home. Tommy: Oh, well I’ll see you later then. E. Merton: Okay, bye. He tries to walk off in a rush but Tommy stops him. Tommy: Oh and by the way… He turns around and picks Evil Merton up by his collar and slams him against a tree. Tommy: Your scent’s familiar but it’s not Merton’s. E. Merton: Hey Tommy, what are you…Aw hell, who am I kidding? Tommy: I thought I’d have to go looking for you, but you fell right into my lap. Evil Merton kicks him in the stomach E. Merton: I’d love to chat right now but I’m afraid I’m busy. Tommy: That hurt! Tommy shoots a punch to Merton’s face but he grabs it and it starts to sizzle. He pulls away and it’s revealed that he has a silver spoon tucked away in his sleeve. E. Merton: Not much for the witty retorts are you? Heh, does it bother you that something so small and flimsy can cause you so much pain? Tommy: Arrgh! He swings again but Merton dodges it and slashes his face causing him to spin and fall backwards. E. Merton: Not today Dog Boy. He turns and runs away fast just as Tommy recuperates from the recent attack. INT: The Lair Tommy barges in short of breath, Merton is sitting at his desk reading a book. Merton: Hey Tommy, Have you heard of knocking? Tommy: I just saw your clone. Merton: Where? Tommy: On Branford Street, I was walking back to the Factory and I ran in to him. By the way, where were you? Merton: You were gone for awhile Tommy, after about an hour we gave up. Tommy: Never mind, we gotta focus. Merton: Okay, what did he want? Tommy: I didn’t have much time to ask as I was too busy getting the crap beat out of me. Merton: He won? Tommy: Yeah, he was much stronger than before. Merton: Well tell me everything that happened. Tommy: I was walking back to the Factory when I ran in to you, him, whatever. I almost let him go until I noticed he didn’t have your scent. Merton: What is my scent? Tommy: Vinegar and Old Spice, actually I’ve been meaning to ask you about that… Merton: Never mind, go on. Tommy: Well anyway, we get into this huge fight and he wipes the floor, well sidewalk, with me. Then he ran off. Merton: Hmm, well he’s been experimenting with different magic, he’s probably becoming stronger and stronger. Tommy: What can we do. Merton: Just wait until he makes his move I guess. Tommy: He just did! I think kicking my ass would qualify as a move. Merton: We couldn’t begin to know where to look for him. Tommy: What about graveyards, castles, or mansions. Merton: No, there are no castles in Pleasantville, for every mansion with an evil villain living in it, there would be ten more with old rich people, and he’s from the 1800’s, he’ll be way too refined to live in a graveyard. INT: Mausoleum Evil Merton closes to the large stone door mausoleum. He shambles over to a table and picks up the 8-ball. He throws it to the ground, breaking it and releasing a circular puddle of the black slime that was inside. The puddle starts to shift and form; it grows to seven feet tall and changes texture to that of a demon in a “Grim Reaper” like cloak. The demon addresses him sarcastically. Demon: You couldn’t just handle it yourself? E. Merton: They’ll be expecting me now, just do your job. Demon: Fine. He walks away from evil Merton but stops at the door. E. Merton: It’s called a door, you open it with the handle. The demon scoffs at that and turns back into black slime, seeping under the door. E. Merton: Or you could do that, I’m just more traditional I guess. INT: The Lair Merton and Tommy are sitting in the lair, continuing their conversation. Tommy: Well we’ve got to do something. Merton closes the book in frustration. Merton: Like What Tommy, I’ve got nothing to go on. Tommy: You’re just not trying hard enough. Merton: I’m trying as hard as I can. The black ooze seeps onto a pile of books beside a closed bookcase. Merton gets up and drops the book on the pile, trapping the demon. Merton: Maybe I could try one of the other volumes. Tommy: Good, that’s all, I’ll see you tomorrow. He walks out. Merton: Bye. EXT: Deep Woods, Night Tommy’s POV as he runs, breathing heavily, through the woods. Shots of a circle burned into the ground and blazing flash in and out repeatedly through the scene. He trips on something and falls; he turns around to see the silhouette of a horned creature with sharp teeth roaring down at him. INT: School Assembly Merton and Allison are sitting a few rows down from the top on the risers in the Gym. The crowd roaring loudly so they have to scream to be heard. Allison: It’s kinda weird that they hadn’t even mentioned Graduating until last week. Merton (Screaming): What? Allison: I said “It’s kinda weird that they hadn’t even mentioned Graduating until last week”! At my school, they start planning at the beginning of the year! Merton: Pleasantville’s always been kinda slow! We didn’t get color TV’s until the 70’s! Allison: Oh! Merton: What? Allison: I said “Oh”! Merton: Oh! The principal walks up to the podium and opens his mouth to address the class. Before he can, a barrage of toilet paper and crumpled up paper wads fly at him; he ducks under the podium to avoid them. A few seconds later he gets up and a shoe flies at him, he ducks again and it bounces of the podium to the ground with a thud. Principal: Whoever threw that won’t get it back ‘till the end of the day. To himself. Principal: Savages. Back to the group. Principal: So, I trust everyone is excited about Graduation. The crowd cheers. Back to Merton and Allison. Merton: Tommy’s right, they do say that a lot. Back to the Principal. Principal: Now I know that we are all looking forward to it, and I assure you that it’s gonna be hard to see you go. Two teachers that are standing behind talk. Teacher 1: Yeah right. Teacher two mockingly sniffles. Back to Merton and Allison. Principal (Voice from off screen): And if you are the lucky ones that get to leave… TNT sit a few rows from M and A, picking bugs out of each other’s hair like monkeys. Principal (VFOS): …Then it will surely be the best day of your lives. Allison: Where is Tommy anyway? Merton: I don’t know, he didn’t come in today. INT: Tommy’s Bedroom Tommy tosses and turns in his sleep. INT: Tommy’s Bedroom Tommy wakes up in a cold sweat, he looks at his arms and they’re wolfed out. Just as his mom walks in with a tray in her arms he puts them under the blanket. Mom: Oh honey, are you all right? Tommy: Yeah, it was just a bad dream Mom: I brought you some soup. Tommy: Thanks. She lays it down on the bed and turns to leave. Mom: Okay then, If you need anything, just call me. Tommy: Okay. She walks out and closes the door. He pulls his arms out of the bed, which are now human, and motions to try to eat the soup. Suddenly the room starts to shake and the soup bowl skips across the tray. INT: School Assembly The Principal starts talking again. Principal: Okay, okay, settle down. (pause) Principal: In this time of growth ad development, we are proud to… The ground shakes a little. Principal: To… The shakes again, causing his paper to fly off the podium. He walks to the side and bends over to pick them up and a full-fledged earthquake erupts in the Gym, he falls over and the kids start rampaging out of the double doors. Principal: Single file people! Single file! Shot of the kids going out of the door, one of the kids in the crowd only has one shoe. INT: School Hallway Kids are running hysterically. Merton and Allison are standing next to the wall. Allison: Don’t you guys have earthquake drills here? Merton: We’ve never had an earthquake here before. The shaking stops. Allison: Wait a second, hey Merton, it stopped. She looks around to see no one standing next to her. Allison: Merton? Merton: Over here. She spots him at his open locker reading a book that he pulled out. Allison: What is it? Merton: We’ve got trouble. INT: Tommy’s Living Room Mayor Dawkins opens the door and Merton walks in, followed by Allison holding the book. Mayor Dawkins: Oh hi Martin… Merton: Merton. Mayor Dawkins: Sorry. Allison: Is Tommy in? Mayor Dawkins: Yeah he’s upstairs, but he’s sick as a dog. Allison: It’s all right, we just want to talk to him. Mayor Dawkins: I’d be happy to relay the message. They walk past him to the stairs; Merton stops next to him. Merton: You wouldn’t want to. He walks on. Mayor Dawkins looks confused. Mayor Dawkins: Now what was all that about? Dean (From His Chair): A drug thing maybe? Mayor Dawkins: What? Dean: Or math homework, how should I know? INT: Upstairs Hallway They are walking down the hall to Tommy’s room Merton: What is so hard about my name? Merton, M-E-R-T-O-N… Allison: You didn’t tell me Tommy’s dad was the mayor. Merton: Yeah, Tommy Dawkins, Bob Dawkins, surprised you didn’t pick up on that. They enter Tommy’s room. INT: Tommy’s Room They walk in to see Tommy lying in his bed with a small towel over his head. Merton: Hey Tommy. He wakes up. Tommy: Hey guys, what are you doing here? Allison: Did you feel the earthquake? Tommy: Yeah, that was weird. Merton: It was a sign of the apocalypse. (pause) Tommy: Aw jeez. Merton: That’s about right. Tommy: But isn’t that a natural occurrence? Allison: Not for this area. Merton: Plus we’re reaching the focal point for a lot of prophecies, and seeing as how we have an evil clone out there experimenting with magic, I’m willing to put all our eggs in one basket and say Armageddon. Tommy: So you think it’s our guy? Merton: Yeah. Tommy: You’re sure? Merton: Pretty sure. Tommy: And can we do anything yet? Merton: Uh, no. Tommy: Then why did you wake me up? Merton stammers. Tommy: Thought so, could you close the door on your way out. He lies back down and closes his eyes. INT: Sidewalk, Day Merton and Allison are walking down a suburban sidewalk. Allison: Now what was all that about? Merton: Now he’s just apathetic about everything, I liked it better the old way. Allison: Maybe he’s just tired, he did look really sick. Merton: He’s never been sick a day in his life and unless he ate a candlestick or something, I think his wolf side is fine too. They walk up the driveway to Merton’s house and stop at the door to the basement on the side. Allison: Well something’s up with him, could this just be stress from leaving school. Merton: Maybe, but if this is another curse or something, I’m gonna scream. He opens the door and a fake, plastic skeleton, swings out at him. Merton: AHHH! He falls backwards in a prat fall but forgets he’s holding onto the doorknob and pulls himself up. Allison: What is that? Merton: Security system, I forgot that I put it up. Allison: Well come on. She pushes the skeleton aside and walks in. |
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