Short screenplay from the Done Deal Halloween contest.
"Extra Time"
FADE IN:
EXT. FOGGY CEMETERY - NIGHT
A sea of tombstones under a bright full Moon.
EXT. OUTSIDE THE CEMETERY GATES - NIGHT
KYLIE, a cheerleader hottie, ED, a skinny nerd with glasses,
and DESDEMONIA, a Goth chick, stand outside the locked gates.
Ed rattles the padlock and chain.
ED
I g-guess that settles it.
Kylie pushes past him, climbs up and over, lands and strikes
a cheerleader "TA-RAH!" pose.
KYLIE
Come on team, let's go.
Ed reluctantly climbs. His pants get snagged at the top.
Kylie sighs with exasperation and turns away. THUMP. Ed's
lying on the ground. He picks himself up.
KYLIE
Keep the noise down.
ED
Sorry.
Desdemonia fans out her long lacy skirt and shows her shiny
black spike heel boots.
DESDEMONIA
And just how do you expect me to
climb wearing these?
KYLIE
Maybe you should have brought your
broomstick?
Kylie sets off among the tombstones. Ed's torn between
following her and waiting for Desdemonia.
DESDEMONIA
You better go after your girlfriend.
ED
She's not really my girlfriend.
DESDEMONIA
Well, duh.
Ed hurries after Kylie and disappears.
DESDEMONIA
Jesus! Fuckin nerd!
EXT. THE GRAVE - NIGHT
Ed joins Kylie. They stare at a tombstone.
KYLIE
So young. So tragic.
ED
I didn't know him very well.
KYLIE
Davy was everything you're not.
Handsome, muscular, tanned, buff.
ED
Thanks.
KYLIE
He loved playing football. It was
his life.
ED
Then he died doing something he loved.
We should all be so lucky.
KYLIE
Lucky? He broke his neck, you dork.
ED
Well, yeah, but...
KYLIE
The last fuckin minute of the game
and ten guys pile on top of him, and
that makes him lucky?
ED
That's not what I meant...
Desdemonia arrives fussing over a giant tear in her skirt.
DESDEMONIA
Thanks for helping me, guys. Not.
KYLIE
You're the one who wanted to come
along, Sally-Ann.
DESDEMONIA
There is no Sally-Ann any more, I
have renounced that identity. Society
has no right to impose its labels
upon me. I am Desdemonia, Mistress
of the Night.
KYLIE
Shouldn't you be out trick-or-treating
somewhere?
DESDEMONIA
I'm meeting up with friends later.
We're going to scare the shit out of
some kids.
KYLIE
You're so cool. Where's the book?
Ed pulls out THE BOOK, bound in dark leather, with gold
lettering on the cover, flowing squiggles and loops.
DESDEMONIA
Can I see it?
KYLIE
Don't touch it. The Book of the
Dead must be treated with reverence.
ED
We found it on E-Bay.
DESDEMONIA
You bought a Book of the Dead off
the internet?
ED
Bidding was intense. I maxed out my
mom's card. She's going to hit the
roof when she finds out.
DESDEMONIA
What does it say? Can you actually
read it?
KYLIE
Of course we can read it.
ED
I scanned the pages and translated
it online. There's this Egyptology
site with ancient c-curses and all k-
kinds of weird shit...
KYLIE
Just show her.
Ed opens the cover and takes out several printed sheets.
They slip out of his hand and fall everywhere. Everyone
bends to pick them up.
KYLIE
You klutz! Can't you be more careful?
Desdemonia reads a couple of sheets.
DESDEMONIA
Wow, cool beans.
Kylie snatches them off her and gives the sheets to Ed.
KYLIE
The words must not be read aloud.
Not yet.
DESDEMONIA
What are we waiting for?
KYLIE
Midnight.
DESDEMONIA
That's hours away! Can't we do it
now?
Kylie looks doubtful.
ED
You know, it's already midnight in
other parts of the world. And the
full Moon is at zenith. And it is
Halloween...
DESDEMONIA
All Hallows Eve. When a portal opens
between the mortal world and the
shadow world, allowing the living
and the dead to pass in either
direction with impunity.
KYLIE
Why thank you Buffy, that's very
helpful. Okay, let's do it.
ED
There's just a slight problem...
DESDEMONIA
You're not chickening out are you,
Ed?
She clucks and flaps her arms, chicken-style.
KYLIE
You know, it becomes increasingly
more obvious why you do girls. That
look just isn't a turn-on to men.
DESDEMONIA
Eat me.
KYLIE
Noooooooo thank you! What is the
problem?
ED
I didn't bring the knife. My mom
was in the kitchen. I didn't want
her to think I was in a gang or
something.
KYLIE
You didn't bring the knife. You
DIDN'T BRING THE KNIFE.
Kylie grabs Ed and pulls him nose to nose.
KYLIE
You asshole, how are we supposed to
shed blood if you didn't bring the
fuckin knife?
DESDEMONIA
Whoa there, butch. Let the kid go.
KYLIE
Butt out, lesbian bitch.
DESDEMONIA
Did you guys ever see The Hunger?
Kylie and Ed share a "Huh?" moment.
DESDEMONIA
Catherine Deneuve, most beautiful
woman ever, she plays this immortal
vampire, only there's no fangs, that
would be très uncool. She slashes
her victim's neck open with a knife
hidden in her ring.
Desdemonia shows them her ring, a big silver skull. She
twists it open and a half-inch blade gleams.
KYLIE
Holy shit, the bitch is packing.
DESDEMONIA
You want blood? You only had to
ask.
KYLIE
Sweetie, I take it all back. You
are a useful human being after all.
Kylie lets go of Ed and smoothes out the creases.
KYLIE
Got a little carried away there.
Sorry.
ED
That's okay.
DESDEMONIA
So how is this supposed to work?
ED
We read a verse from the Book of the
Dead, the "resurrectus necros," and
we give our blood unto the earth.
Then we c-call upon the power of
Book of the Dead, the Moon, and the
c-cosmos. I think.
DESDEMONIA
I'm not picking up a c-confidence
vibe here.
ED
I'm a little nervous. It's my first
time bringing someone back from the
dead. And this place spooks me.
KYLIE
The sooner it's over, the sooner you
go home.
DESDEMONIA
So we all have to shed blood?
Ed checks the sheets.
ED
Yeah, it says everyone who's present
at the ceremony must give.
DESDEMONIA
Cool.
KYLIE
I swear, if I get H.I.V. from that
shitty tin ring I'll scratch your
eyes out.
DESDEMONIA
Relax, I only use it to clean my
toenails.
KYLIE
Gross.
ED
I'm gonna read the verse, okay?
DESDEMONIA
You speak ancient Egyptian?
ED
The language isn't important, it's
the intention that matters. Okay,
are we ready? As soon as I finish,
you c-cut me, her, you.
KYLIE
Cut me first.
DESDEMONIA
Gladly.
ED
(reading sheet)
Deliver unto us... from a distant
place... that which rests here...
let him come forth... let him hear
the call... of what he desires most.
Pause...
DESDEMONIA
Is that it?
ED
Yeah.
DESDEMONIA
Hold out your hands.
Desdemonia slashes Kylie's hand, Kylie YELPS! She slashes
Ed's hand, he sucks in air. She slowly draws the ring across
her own palm, making a red line.
DESDEMONIA
I give my blood unto the earth.
She holds her hand over the grave, blood drips. Ed does the
same. Then Kylie. Drip drip drip.
DESDEMONIA
We call upon the power of the Book
of the Dead, and the Moon, and the
cosmos. We invoke the resurrectus
necros.
ED
You're a natural.
DESDEMONIA
I have an affinity for these things.
KYLIE
Shut UP! Shouldn't something be
happening?
DESDEMONIA
How long does it usually take?
Ed flips through the Book.
ED
It doesn't say. M-maybe I should
have translated the next chapter.
DESDEMONIA
Will he be, you know, dead? As in,
a corpse? All icky and stinky?
KYLIE
Eeew! That's not how it works!
ED
He'll come back as we remember him.
That's what the Book says.
KYLIE
When he gets here? You guys need to
take a hike. Me and Davy have things
to talk about. Private things.
DESDEMONIA
Uh-huh. You know, screwing a dead
guy has got to be the height of
desperation. A good-looking girl
like you could do better. You need
to move on.
KYLIE
I can't move on. I love him. That's
it. Go ahead, laugh if you want, I
don't care.
DESDEMONIA
Nobody's laughing, honeybunny. I
hope it works out.
KYLIE
Of course it'll work out.
A low RUMBLING noise builds. They quickly step back from
the grave.
KYLIE
Oh. My. God. It's working. He's
coming back. Davy's coming back!
THE GRAVE BURSTS OPEN, showering them with earth!
A helmet-wearing football JOCK leaps up, grabs the Book of
the Dead from Ed and runs off through the graveyard, ducking
and dodging as if the tombstones are opposing players diving
to stop him. He vanishes into the night.
KYLIE
What the fuck?
DESDEMONIA
He's gone.
KYLIE
Gone where? I'm right here!
ED
I never saw anyone move so fast...
KYLIE
I'M RIGHT HERE! I'm right here.
Dammit.
DESDEMONIA
I guess he heard the call.
KYLIE
Why didn't you stop him?
ED
Why didn't you?
Kylie belts him on the jaw, Ed goes down. Desdemonia steps
between them.
DESDEMONIA
Don't you get it? Your boyfriend
came back for what he desired most.
KYLIE
You don't know what you're talking
about! Just look at you, dressed
like a ho, and you, weed-oh. You
clowns distracted him. I should
have done this alone.
Kylie runs off after the jock, her voice fading.
KYLIE
Davy! Daaaaay-veeeee! Come back
here, you son of a bitch!
Desdemonia helps Ed stand, and brushes him down.
ED
What's she mad at me for?
DESDEMONIA
It's Halloween. People go a little
crazy. Come on, let's go get a coffee
or something.
ED
Are you sure? I thought you were,
you know.
DESDEMONIA
Nah, I just say that to keep the
goofballs away. I like skinny guys.
The skeletal look, you know?
ED
What if she doesn't find him?
DESDEMONIA
What the hell. There's always next
year.
They leave together.
FADE OUT:
The End.
10/05
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