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"CRYSTAL PAWN"

By

Hilton Goldsmith

A story by IronEye Sees



INT. - CHUCKY’S HOUSE - NIGHT

FADE IN:

CLOSE UP tracking shot of guns and drugs on table. We CUT INto see a line of white powder (extremely close, as a straw

sucks away it’s content). MORGAN FOSTER, a hip 20 something,know it all con artist/liar, swings his head back indelight.

MORGAN1. Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai. Hoooly Shizer.That’s the real deal. 2. Gaw damnit. Woooooooo, now we’re talkin. 3.Mumma Mia....Take me home.

CHUCKY a wannabe ganster nods in agreement.

CHUCKY

See, i told you its the good shit.No more dirty brown for us, upperclass all the way.

MORGANHow much?

CHUCKY4 hundy.

MORGANOh Hell yeah. I’ll take one now.

CHUCKYAh.... Yeah i don’t think so? Youstill owe the boss 8.

MORGANYeah yeah yeah, I got that covered,yesterday I done this deal scoringbig time......

CHUCKY’S phone rings

CHUCKYYeah?..........Victor? Hey man,how is it, I was just about tocall....



2.

INT - VICTORS OFFICE - NIGHT

VICTOR MYERS a well dressed drug baron, sits in a darkoffice, (film noir style), talking on an old ringer phone.

VICTOR

Shut up, Chuck!! Where’sMorgan. And where’s my money.


CHUCKYMorgan? Ummm...Yeah...Nah haven’tseen him

CHUCKY looks at MORGAN worried.

MORGAN

(V.O. - Thinks to himself)Damn it. Vic is probably pissed.Big time.


VICTORWell if you see that lying littleprick, tell him he has 48hours topay, or little ole luger is comingfor a visit.

He slams down the phone. We see luger.


CHUCKYVic is pissed. Big time. He saidyou got 48hours or Luger is comingto visit.

MORGAN48 hours?

CHUCKY48 hours!

MORGAN48?

(CONTINUED)



CONTINUED: 3.

CHUCKY48!

MORGANOh great??!

We see a newspaper on table, headline about daylight saving

FADE OUT:

EXT. BUS STOP - DAY

MORGAN stands outside an old pawnshop, which is also a busstop. He’s smoking a cigarette and a LADY it waiting for abus.

MORGAN(To the lady whom ignores him)

I don’t usually catch the bus butmy EVO’s at the shop.

CUT TO:

EXT. - FOOTPATH - DAY

Close up Victor’s boots/shoes walking along footpath.

EXT. BUS STOP - DAY

MORGAN(continued)

Yeah it’s twin turbo’d running18’s.

CUT TO:



EXT. BUS STOP - DAY

MORGAN16 pounds of boost!

The ladies love it eh, alwayspicking up the chicks.



4.

CUT TO:

EXT. - MORGANS DRIVE WAY

MORGAN tries to start his piece of shit car.

CUT TO:



EXT. BUS STOP - DAY

MORGAN glimpses in the distance, VICTOR walking towards him.He throws away his ciggy and jumps back to hide away. Hestumbles through a half open door of the pawn shop.

INT - PAWNSHOP - DAY

MORGAN hides away as VICTOR walks past the shop. MORGANturns to see the mystical pawnshop.

He browses past the bric a brac. A gnome. An old WW2 gasmask that he tries on.Someone is behind him. When he takesthe mask off, we catch a glimps of the SHOPKEEPER, aweird/creepy guy, but MORGAN doesn’t notice him. Hecontinues to browse till he sees an old suitcase. When heopens it, a bright light shines from out of it which we

don’t see what causes it. We hear a voice from out ofnowhere.

SHOPKEEPERPretty isn’t it.

MORGANWhoah! Where’d you come from.

SHOPKEEPERMany places I come..... and manyrealms I live.

MORGANRight??? How much for thissuitcase.

SHOPKEEPERIs it the case you suit, or thesuit you case.

(CONTINUED)



CONTINUED: 5.

MORGANWhat? How much cash do you want.

SHOPKEEPERIt’s not forsale. It sails forkeeps.

MORGANI’ll give you $20 bucks.

SHOPKEEPERTake it for keeps, but leave me notreasure. Use it for power, yourlife gets no better.

MORGANSo I can have it??

SHOPKEEPER

Take it for keeps, but leave me notreasure. Use it for power, yourlife gets no better.

MORGANOk???? Thanks??.....

MORGAN leaves the shop.

EXT. - MORGANS DRIVE WAY

Morgan walks past his car with the suitcase.

INT - MORGANS ROOM - DAY

Morgan opens the suitcase and lifts out a crystal ball byit’s base/stand. He closes the suitcase and places the orbon top of it. He places both hands on the orb....and isknocked back by an unseen force-FLASH!!!!

He gets teleported to these locations randomly, withinterlaced snippets of his DEATH by shooting.

BEACH

TRAINTRACKS

BRIDGE

KAITIHILL

SPA



6.

He teleports back to the pawnshop.


Morgan is all wet standing in front of SHOPKEEPER.

MORGANWhat the hell is this thing?

SHOPKEEPERLearn it to drive. A book you must.

MORGANLike a manual? Man, would have beennice to have that earlier.

SHOPKEEPER slides him the book. Morgan flashes out as soonas he touches the book.


MORGAN flashes in. He puts the orb back on the stand andopens the book.

BOOK (V.O.)Crystal ball of future passed, lookinto the all seeing glass. Neitherhere or neither there. Astraltravellers must beware. In yourhands the powers be. How you hold

me is what you see. North & Southjust state the place. East to Westfor future’s taste.

He puts down the book, places his hands on the orb and saysout aloud, each of the the places he FLASHES to. Beach,Train tracks, Bridge, Kaiti Hill, Spa then flashes back tohis room


MORGAN twists the orb East to West

MORGANEast to West for future’s taste.

MORGAN sees a flash of the future. It’s VICTOR talking toCHUCKY on the phone.



7.


VICTORHas he paid you yet?


CHUCKYNaaht, reckon it aint gonna happenaye.

FLASHES TO:


We see MORGAN getting shot by VICTOR.

FLASHES TO:


MORGAN jolts back.

MORGANArh! I need cash! North and Southjust state the place.

He twist the orb back to North South, touches it and..

MORGANMum’s house.

INT - MUM’S HOUSE - DAY

They sit at the kitchen table.

MORGAN(whiny voice)

Muuuum..... Come on mum, I reallyneed it..... they’re gonna cut mypower.

MUM$800 power bill, are you kiddingme. I don’t have that.

MORGANHow much you got?

(CONTINUED)



CONTINUED: 8.

MUM$300. I need you to pay me backnext week though. It’s in the topdrawer.

MORGANThanks Ma. Yep, next week.

He gets the cash and when he leaves the room he takes outthe orb and...

MORGANJohhny Jays.

FLASHES TO:

INT - JOHNNY JAYS HOUSE - DAY

They sit at the table.

MORGANG! It’s a good deal. 2.6k worth fora thousand bucks. We’ll go halves,5 hundy , bro.

JOHNNY JAY(reaction shot, questioningthen agreeable. Nods head,goes to drawer for cash)

Money is exchanged - orb is shaken.

MORGANChucky’s

FLASH TO:

INT - CHUCKYS HOUSE - DAY

MORGANTell Victor Myers that I always

pay my debts

CHUCKY(checks his watch, nods)On the dot,man . What you up toonow.

MORGANHeading to that old pawnshop, theone with that weird dude runningit?

(CONTINUED)



CONTINUED: 9.

CHUCKY frowns and shrugs.

MORGANYa know, by the bus stop. Gotta paythat dude. I’ll be back tomorrowand grab one of them.

CHUCKYOh yep?? Catch ya.

MORGAN leaves as CHUCKY gets a phone call..

CHUCKYYep.


VICTOR

Has he paid you yet?

CHUCKYNaaht, reckon it aint gonna happenaye.

VICTORWhere is he?

CHUCKYSaid he was going to some pawnshopby a bus stop.

VICTORHasn’t that been closed for years?

CHUCKYYeah???

Victor slams done the phone.

CUT TO:

EXT. ELCAMINO - DAY

VICTOR drives



10.


MORGAN is talking to SHOPKEEPER but we also cut a way to asecurity camera that see’s him talking to no one.

MORGANSo this thing can zap me to

different places, and show me thefuture. Will it zap me back intime?

SHOPKEEPERNot with that you’re not. Adifferent orb than the one you’vegot.

MORGANDifferent? Have you got one?

We see VICTOR’s hand only holding the Luger pointed at

MORGAN. He has to pause as PEOPLE walk past outside,talking.

VICTOR shoots MORGAN, we see a POV of him falling and theorb rolls out of his hand. VICTOR notices the ball, andSHOPKEEPER swoops in to take it at around the same timeVICTOR goes to pick it UP. VICTOR picks it up but can’t seeSHOPKEEPER.

SHOPKEEPER’S VOICE(faded , mystical, whilecamera still on VICTOR)

Use it for power, your life gets nobetter.

SHOPKEEPER grins and laughs, then when he touches the orbthat VICTOR is holding. Both the orb and SHOPKEEPER vanish.

VICTOR(looks confused)

MORGANI paid ???

VICTOR

(taps watch)

VICTOR shoots straight down the camera.

CUT TO:

BLACK.

The End

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