dragon of the night

7/31/2019 Dragon of the Night

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Dragon of the Night

By

J. Andrew

Jose Andrew [email protected]


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INT - APARTMENT - MORNING

Carol lays on his couch deep asleep. When his house phonebegins to ring. It goes straight to voicemail.

CAROL:

youve reached, The man the myththe legend, sorry I cant answeryour call at the moment, Improbably in the middle of somethingimportant.

Beep.

SUSIE:Carol, I know youre home..

Mr. McNippleButts, Carols most beloved best feline friend,jumps onto Carols bed. Meowing and walking around him,

until he wakes up.

CAROL:Hey, little dude.

SUSIE:(continued)

I hope you didnt forget thepromise you made for today. Imsure you did though, so let meremind you. Its Jacobs birthdayparty and you said you would be hisentertainment. Did you get that

costume you said you would get?

At this moment Carol realizes that, he had, in fact,forgotten all about his nephews party. He runs to the phoneand answers the call nonchalantly.

CAROL:Hey, Sz, hows everything?

SUSIE:Dont try to flatter me. Jacobsparty is in a few hours, andsomething in my gut tells me youcompletely forgot.

CAROL:Sz, you should know me better thanthat. Youre my sister, you know Ilove you guys. How are you gonnastand there and accuse me offorgetting such an important event?

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CAROL: (contd)Do you know how much Jacob means tome? Hes like the son I never had!

SUSIE:You forgot didnt you?

CAROL:Listen, I was really going to getthe costume last week but gotcaught up taking Mr. McNippleButtsto the groomer. Hes so soft andfluffy now. You should totally seehim. Hes so cute.

SUSIE:You know what? Whatever. Dontbring a costume, just come the wayyou are. I can never rely on you

for anything. Youre all talk andmake promises that you never pullthrough with.

CAROL:Sz, cmon, Im sorry. Listen,just--

Susie hangs up the phone before Carol can finish hissentence. He just stares at the wall with a mind full ofguilt.

CAROL:

Crap.

Carol begins getting dressed in a hurry, in his mind hebelieves he can get to the costume shop just in time to getthat costume and surprise his sister. He gets his keys andwallet and heads towards the door. Before he walks out hecalls Mr. McNippleButts to him.

CAROL:Listen, little dude, today is yourcousin Jacobs birthday. Im gonnabe down there most of the day, so Iwont be home until tonight. I leftyou your favorite snack to eat. Begood, okay?

Carol walks out of his apartment. A second later he openshis door again, and peeks his head back in.

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CAROL:Love you.

He closes the door and heads back out.

EXT - COSTUME SHOP - MORNING

Carol parks his car slanted in a parking space. In a hurry,he runs into the shop.

INT - COSTUME SHOP - MORNING

Carol notices the employee of the store behind a register.He immediately goes toward him.

CAROL:Hey, man, do you sell dragon

costumes?

EMPLOYEE:Hi, welcome to Costume World.

CAROL:Um, Hi? Do you sell dragoncostumes?

EMPLOYEE:How can I help you today?

CAROL:

Are you serious? I need a dragoncostume.

EMPLOYEE:A dragon costume?

CAROL:Yes. A dragon costume. You do knowwhat a dragon is, right?

Carol cant help but notice the spaced out look on theemployees face.

EMPLOYEE:Yeah, do I look dumb to you?

CAROL:No, you dont. But Im in a hurry,so do you have any idea if you selldragon costumes?

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EMPLOYEE:Try aisle 3, I guess.

CAROL:Thank you.

Carol begins to walk towards aisle 3 when the employeerandomly blurts out;

EMPLOYEE:Im not dumb, by the way.

Once hes in aisle 3, Carol begins to look for a dragoncostume that will blow Jacobs mind away.

CAROL:Dragon, dragon, dragon..

Carol finally finds a dragon costume hidden behind other not

so appealing costumes. The costume is in a big bulky bag, onthe cover of the bag is an intense looking dragon costume.As if it were something straight from a movie. Carols eyeswiden and a sinister grin stretches across his face.

CAROL:Hell. Yes.

Carol heads back to the employee behind the cash register.He places the bag on the counter, and begins to pull out hiswallet.

EMPLOYEE:

Is this it?

CAROL:Yeah, just what I needed.

EMPLOYEE:Okay, one adult small dragoncostume--

CAROL:(CUTTING HIM OFF)

Wait? Did you say adult small?

EMPLOYEE:Yes, one adult small.

The employee points to the bag, showing that, Carol isindeed about to purchase an adult small sized costume.

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CAROL:No, no, I need like an adult extralarge or something.

EMPLOYEE:This is an adult small.

CAROL:I know that now. But I need abigger size. That was the lastcostume back there, do you guyshave anymore stocked somewhereelse?

EMPLOYEE:No, what you see is all we got. Sois this adult small fine?

CAROL:

The costume is for me, do I looklike an adult small to you!?

EMPLOYEE:So... The adult small is not fine?

CAROL:No, its not fine! I need a abigger size, Ill even take amedium, I cant do a small.

EMPLOYEE:Um, well, we just got giraffe

costumes in this morning. We havesome large sizes in that.

CAROL:Im purchasing a dragon costume,why, why would I want a giraffecostume?

EMPLOYEE:I have more customers to attend to.Do you or do you not want thedragon costume?

Carol looks around behind him to find no one else in thestore. As annoyed as he is, Carol has no other options atthe moment, this costume is it.

CAROL:Fine. How much is it?

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EMPLOYEE:One adult small dragon costume:$285.68.

CAROL:$285.68?

EMPLOYEE:Yes.

Carol looks at his watch, sighs loudly and hands his creditcard to the employee. The employee swipes the card, hands itback to Carol and thanks him for shopping at Costume World.Carol looks at the employee with an annoyed face, andintentionally drops a rack of sunglasses on his way out.

EMPLOYEE:What a dick.

INT- CAR - MORNING

Carol is parked outside of a house that has balloons tied tothe mail box and all around the home. He reaches into thebackseat and grabs the dragon costume. He opens the bag upand sensually smells the inside.

CAROL:This is gonna be awesome.

Carol begins to take his pants and shirt off when a lady andher child notice him as they pass by his car. Carol looks up

and makes eye contact with the lady.

CAROL:Can I undress with a little privacyhere?

She turns away in disgust and heads toward the house thathas the balloons, the boy still looking back at Carol.

CAROL:Freaks, man.

Once the mom and kid walk into the house Carol takes thecostume out of the bag and immediately starts to put it on.Only to have some minor difficulties. His upper body getsstuck in the costume, he twists and turns to no avail. Hesomehow manages to open the door of his car, causing him tofall onto his face.


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EXT - SIDEWALK - MORNING

His upper body is hidden in his costume, while his bottomside, on the other hand, is visible to the public. As hestruggles to get his suit on, his underwear and legs arewiggling around. Finally, after much struggling he is

finally able to get his body into the costume. However, oncehes all suited up he realizes that, not only does hiscostume not look anything like it did on the picture, but itis much smaller than he expected it to be. He practicallyhas on metallic green spandex with scales on it, tiny wings,a small dragon mask that exposes his face through the"dragons mouth," and a long floppy tail. Carol sighs andwalks to the front door. Once there he clears his throat andrings the door bell. Susie answers the door.

EXT - PORCH - MORNING

SUSIE:Really?

CAROL:This was the best I could do.

SUSIE:Youre wearing a unitard.

CAROL:It looked better on the picture.

SUSIE:

Im sorry about earlier, the wholephone call thing. I didnt get muchsleep last night. I wasnt in agood mood, Im still kind ofstressed.

CAROL:Whats wrong?

SUSIE:Jacob had a nightmare and to makemy night even better, our dumb catnever came back home last night. SoI had to go out and look for himfor a couple hours.

CAROL:Did you find him?

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SUSIE:No, but Im sure hell come backsometime today. Jacob is still in acrabby mood, but youre able cheerhim up better than I can. So yeah,thank you for coming.

CAROL:I wouldnt miss this for the world.

SUSIE:Alright. Well, Hes in the backyard.

CAROL:Sweet.

Carol walks into the house and heads towards the backyard.

EXT - BACKYARD - AFTERNOON

Carol opens the sliding door and walks into the backyard. Assoon as he steps out he begins to roar and take giantmonstrous steps, pretending the be the monster hes dressedup as. The parents in the backyard all look at Carolstrangely, the kids all laugh. Once Jacob hears Carol heruns towards him with a smile on his face.

JACOB:Wow! Awesome costume, big C!

CAROL:You think so, Little J? I meanyeah, it is pretty cool, isnt it?Totally had to kill a dragon for meto be wearing this. Its realdragon skin you know? Grabbed thedragon by the neck and karate hishead off.

Carol begins to describe to Jacob how he killed the dragon,he does swift martial art moves in the skin tight costume.Yelling and making sound effects, Jacob laughs, while therest of the parents pull their kids closer toward them.

CAROL:(continued)

So yeah, thats basically whathappened. Dont wanna brag oranything but Im a dragon killer. Ikill dragons. Kill them with myfists, kill them with my feet, you

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CAROL: (contd)name it. Im no pacifist, no peaceman, rage is in my heart. Dragons.I kill dragons.

In the middle of Carol describing himself as a dragon killer

he notices the snack table.

CAROL:Hey, go play with your otherfriends. Ill be with you in a sec,I got something to do.

Jacob agrees and runs off to his friends. Carol makes hisway over to the snack table. He picks up a plate and startsloading it with different types of sweets and treats. As hestuffs his mouth with food, a beautiful woman in a summerdress makes her way over to the table for some snacks aswell. Carol notices this and nervously tries to act cool.

CAROL:Cute kids, huh?

The woman looks at Carol with an uninterested face, whileignoring him. However, Carol doesnt get the hint.

CAROL:Yeah, this is my nephews birthdayparty. Hes a total sweet heart. Doyou have a kid here?

WOMAN:

No.

CAROL:Oh, yeah, I dont either. I justhavent settled down yet, stillliving the life. A bachelor, if youwill. I dont really want any kids.Well, I do but not now, I have acat I have to take care of. Hespretty important to me. Hesbasically my kid.

The woman finishes placing the snacks on her plate and walksaway from Carol without saying a word.

CAROL:Yeah, Ill catch you later!

Carol begins to pick his wedgie, until he notices somethingon the floor by the backside of the yard. He makes his wayover to the item. A black wallet with a cat paw print on it,

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he opens it to find it empty, but in one of the slits is abusiness card that has an address on it. Carol thinksnothing of it and tries to put the wallet into his pocket,however, he realizes his costume doesnt have any pockets.So he drops the wallet into the costume through the collar.He then makes his way over his sister.

CAROL:Hey, I found a wallet on the floor,its black with a paw print on it.Is it yours?

SUSIE:No? It probably belongs to one ofthe kids. Speaking of which, whydont you go entertain them I haveto finish setting up the kitchenfor the cake.

CAROL:Fine, but Im keeping the wallet.Its pretty rad, if I do say somyself.

Carol begins to play with the kids, pretending to be adragon chasing them around.

FADE OUT

INT - KITCHEN - EVENING

Hours pass, Susie alerts the guests that its cake time,everyone heads to the kitchen. All the guests sing Jacobsbirthday song, when they finish he blows his candles out.Once everyone disperses with their pieces of cake, Carolheads over to talk to Jacob.

CAROL:So whatd you wish for, man?

JACOB:I cant say or it wont come true!

CAROL:Oh, right! I totally forgot.

JACOB:Its okay though, Ill tell you,but you have to keep it a secret.

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CAROL:Lips sealed, little man.

JACOB:I wished for Dennis to come backhome.

CAROL:You know, Jake, sometimes catsleave home for a while but alwayscome back. Theyre smart like that.

JACOB:No, but I saw someone steal him.

Carol looks over at Susie worried then back to Jacob.

CAROL:What do you mean?

JACOB:Last night I heard a weird noiseand when I went to go check I saw aman wearing all black, picking upDennis. He had trouble jumping overthe fence with Dennis in his handbut once he was over I didnt seehim no more. He stole Dennis, andmy mom doesnt believe me! She saidI was dreaming but I really sawhim!

CAROL:Hey, hey, I believe you. Dontworry, man. Dennis is a smart cat,hell beat up the bad guy and comeback home, okay? I promise.

JACOB:Okay.

CAROL:Alright, lets go open somepresents!

Jacob smiles and heads to his gifts with the other kids.Carol walks to Susie.

CAROL:Man, he had a pretty gnarly dreamfor a kid his age.

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SUSIE:Yeah, he must have watched somescary movie before he went tosleep.

CAROL:

Right, or maybe, you know, heactually saw a person steal Dennislast night?

SUSIE:Sure, because someone would go outof their way to steal a cat.

CAROL:Hey, well thanks for the invite.The party was fun and the snackswere delish, but I think Im goingto call it a night! Ill go say bye

to Jacob then head out.

SUSIE:Thanks for coming, seriously. Itsnice to see Jacob smile because ofyou.

CAROL:Anytime.

Carol gives Susie a hug and heads over to Jacob.

CAROL:

Alright, man, this warrior has tohead out and kill some dragons.Ill see you later, little J!

JACOB:Okay! Bring Mr. McNippleButts nexttime you come. So when Dennis comesback hell have someone to playwith!

CAROL:Good idea!

Carol does a secret handshake with Jacob, salutes him thenheads out.


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EXT - SIDEWALK - EVENING CAROL

Carol unlocks his car door, to take out his shirt and pants.He then reaches for the back of the costume to take it off,however, he is unable to. He twists and turns, pulls andreaches. No progress, he is stuck in the costume. He gruntsand groans trying to get out of it. Behind him the same

woman and child from earlier pass him again in a hurry oncethey seem him. After no success in trying to take thecostume off, Carol accepts his fate and gets into the carand drives home.

INT - CAROLS APARTMENT - EVENING

Carol opens the door and calls for Mr. McNippleButts but hedoesnt show, meow or purr whatsoever. Carol walks into thekitchen and notices that Mr. McNippleButts has not eaten anyof his food, not touched it at all. Carol confused,continues to call for his best friend. Once he enters the

living room he notices that one of his windows is open, andsome of the pictures that are by the window are on thefloor. He runs to the window, looks out and starts to callfor his cat. Nothing. He runs out into the hallway.

INT - HALLWAY - EVENING

Carol knocks on his neighbors door. He continues to knockuntil his neighbor finally answers it.

NEIGHBOR:Dude, what?... And what the hellare you wearing?

Dismissing the second question Carol asks a question inreturn.

CAROL:Hey, man, have you seen Mr.McNippleButts!?

NEIGHBOR:Is that why youre banging on mydoor, dude?

CAROL:Im sorry, its just that hes nothome.

NEIGHBOR:dude, its a cat. You left it in anapartment, where else could it be?have you checked under your bed?

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CAROL:hes not there. He isnt in myapartment.

NEIGHBOR:I dont know what to tell you,

dude. Werent you playing with himearlier today?

CAROL:No, I havent been home all day.

NEIGHBOR:You sure? Huh. I thought I heardsome noises coming from yourapartment.

CAROL:noises?

NEIGHBOR:yeah, it sounded like something bigfell on the floor. Kinda like ahuge thump sound. I just assumedyou were playing with your cat andfell over or something. I rememberthat one time you pretended to be asamurai and fell off your couch. Itsounded kinda like that.

Carol with a puzzled look on his face remembers the window.Then heads back to his apartment.

NEIGHBOR:Cool costume, by the way.

Carol enters his apartment and closes the door behind him.

NEIGHBOR:(Continued)

I wonder if they sell giraffecostumes.

INT - CAROLS APARTMENT - EVENING

Carol inspects the window that was open. He notices that thewindow lock was loose, as if it were toyed with. He walks tohis house phone and dials the police.

DISPATCHER:911, whats your emergency?

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CAROL:Hi, someone broke into my house.

DISPATCHER:Where is your location?"

CAROL:Im at the El Camino apartmentsroom 42, off Washington and Town.My cat has been stolen!

DISPATCHER:Excuse me? Did you say cat?

CAROL:Yes, nothing else has been stolenjust my cat, Mr. McNippleButts. DoI give you the description of himor wait for the other officers?

DISPATCHER:Sir, this is an emergency line.Please call your local animalshelter.

CAROL:This is an emergency!

The dispatcher hangs up the call. Carol curses, then headsto the yellow pages and looks up the number for the animalshelter. He dials the number on the page only to reach thevoicemail.

VOICEMAIL:Thank you for calling LakewoodsAnimal Shelter. Our office hoursare 8am to 5pm, Monday troughFriday, 8am to 4pm on Saturdays,and closed on Sundays. If you haveanymore questions visit our nearestoffice or go towww.LakewoodAnimalShelter.com,thank you."

Carol looks at his watch, then heads back to his neighborsdoor.


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INT - HALLWAY - EVENING

Carol knocks continuously on his neighbors door again.

NEIGHBOR:Did you find your cat?

CAROL:No, but can you remember aroundwhat time you heard the noise in myplace?

NEIGHBOR:Its around 9 now, right? Impretty sure I heard it around 7:30,give or take 10 minutes. Definitelyaround that time though. It was acommercial break when I heard thenoise. But hey, man, can I ask you

a question really fast?"

CAROL:What?

NEIGHBOR:About your costume, where did youget it? I wouldnt mind wearing agiraffe one around, you know? Like,its cool that youre wearing yourcostume in public, I think itd becool to wear one as well, aroundtown. Not to stand out or anything

but to break the norm.

CAROL:I dont have time for this. I gottago.

NEIGHBOR:Oh, right. No worries, dude. Goodluck finding your cat though.

Carol heads back into his apartment closing the door behindhim.

INT - APARTMENT - EVENING

Carol sits on his couch, with the television off. Staringinto space. He looks over and picks up a picture frame ofhim smiling with Mr. McNippleButts. He looks at the pictureand begins to cry. He gets up and heads to the kitchen tograb his wallet and house keys, he then heads out.


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EXT - PUBLIC CITY SIDEWALK - EVENING

Carol is walking around sulking. He walks for a while untilhe finds himself in front of a bar. He heads in.

INT - BAR - EVENING

Carol makes his way over to the bar counter in his dragoncostume, and orders some ice tea. He pulls out a picture ofhim and Mr. McNippleButts from his wallet and stares at itsadly. An older gentleman makes his way over to Carol andsits next to him, he peeks over and sees the picture inCarols hand.

OLD MAN:Cute cat, does it got a name?

In a low soft voice, almost mumbling, Carol answers.

CAROL:Mr. McNippleButts.

OLD MAN:Ya hafta speak louder than that,son, my hearing aint what it usedto be.

Carol looks over to the man and repeats his original answerlouder.

OLD MAN:

Mc-NippleButts you say? I used toknow a Mc-Callister back in my day.Nice man too. So why the long face,sunny?

CAROL:My cat has gone missing. I thinksomeone stole him.

OLD MAN:stole? Must be that cat thiefthats been on the news so muchlately.

CAROL:Cat thief?

OLD MAN:Thats right! Apparently, someperson has been stealing cats frompeoples properties. Could be more

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OLD MAN: (contd)than one guy doing the stealing, noone really knows. In fact, it couldprobably even be a girl! You know,I wonder how they dress? Ha! Makesyou wonder if they wear cat

costumes to lure the felines.Imagine that, a grown man wearing acat costume. Silly mental image.

Carol looks at the costume hes wearing, embarrassed hestill has it on.

OLD MAN:(Continued)

Not just costumes either! If theyhave an obsession with cats, Imsure they have some sort of catcollection. A paraphernalia

dedicated to cats. Some cat dolls,cat shirts, shoes, wallet..

The moment the old man mentions the wallet Carol remembersabout the wallet he picked up at Susies backyard. He cantpull it out from the collar anymore, so he begins to pushthe wallet down toward his legs, once it reaches his leg hekeeps pushing it until it falls out of one of the leggingholes. He picks it up and inspects it again at the counter.

OLD MAN:(Continued)

Heck, maybe even some cat inspired

undies! Wouldnt that be a sight tosee. Say, what do you have there?Ha! Would you look at that a catwallet. Are you sure you arent thecat thief? Ha ha ha.

Carol snaps out of the trance hes in from inspecting thewallet and replies to the old man.

CAROL:what? No, I just found this walletat my sisters house. I think theircat might have been stolen too.

OLD MAN:well, what else is in the wallet?Maybe youll find some sort ofclue. Hey, we make a good team, meand you!

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Carol begins to go through the wallet again and pulls outthe business card from earlier. "Black Lagoon" is printed onthe card with an address. On the back of the card are thewords, "stretched neck" written with pen. The old man looksover at the card and notices the name on the front side ofthe card.

OLD MAN:Does that say the Black Lagoon?

CAROL:Huh? Yeah, it does.

OLD MAN:Oh, no. No, no, no, stay away fromthere. That place is no good.Nothing good happens there. Thatplace is full of bad people, verybad people. Criminals, prisoners..

Killers. You dont wanna go there.Even that card is giving me badvibes. Mad heebies jeebies.

The old man gets up out of the stool he was sitting on backsaway slowly.

OLD MAN:Mad, mad heebies jeebies.

He makes it to the entrance of the door still looking atCarol.

OLD MAN:Heebies jeebies, kid. Dont gothere. Heebies. Jeebies.

The man then exits the bar quickly. Carol looks back to thecard and reads the address out loud. He pays for his drinkfrom the money in his own wallet and leaves the bar.

EXT - BLACK LAGOON - EVENING

Carol is outside of the Black Lagoon, notices no one elseoutside of the building, and cant see in due to the blacktinting. He looks around some more and wipes the sweat offhis forehead. He enters the Black Lagoon.


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INT - BLACK LAGOON - EVENING

Upon entering he finds himself in the midst of shady lookingmen. Some are in the corner of the room selling drugs to oneanother, most of them smoking cigarettes, others sittingdown quietly. None of them happy to see a man in a metallic

green skin tight dragon costume. The thing that horrifiesCarol the most is the fact that theyre all wearing gimpsuits. Some have butt less chaps, others have leather whipsand feathers.

SHADY MAN 1:What the hell is this? Who the hellare you?

CAROL:Im just looking for someone.

SHADY MAN 2:

He aint here.

CAROL:Listen I dont want any trouble.

SHADY MAN 3:Get out. Now.

CAROL:I just need to know about thestretched neck.

Someone near a door at the back of room makes his way toward

Carol, after hearing those two words. The rest of the shadymen begin to drift away once they see this man make his wayover.

JERROD:Whatd you say?

Carol, looking up at the man that just asked him thequestion, is at a loss of words. The man is much taller thanCarol, and naturally looks intimidating.

JERROD:Let me ask you again. What did youjust say?

Carol clears his throat and gives the man an answer.

CAROL:I need to know about the stretchedneck.

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The man nods reassuring himself he heard Carol correctly thefirst time.

JERROD: OKAY. COME WITH ME.

Carol follows Jerrod as he takes him into a back room.

INT- BLACK LAGOON - EVENING

Once Carol enters the room he sees a man sitting behind adesk with another man standing next to him. The room issmall and dark, the desk is big and neatly filled withpapers, and cocaine stacks. The man behind the desk iscounting the stacks of drugs and stops once he sees Carolwalk in.

JERROD:Boss, this guy has something to

say.

Vincent - the man behind the desk, places the drugs down,crosses his arms and leans back in his chair. Carol,intimated, by the three men begins to sweat. He, again, isat a loss of words.

VINCENT:Well?

Carol begins to stutter until he is finally able to blurtout;

CAROL:Im looking for someone.

Vincent shoots an unpleased look at Jerrod. Then looks backat Carol, and scans his body.

VINCENT:Who are you?

CAROL:Im just hoping you can help mefind someone.

VINCENT:Let me ask you again. Who are you?

CAROL:My name is Carol, Im not here tocause any problems, Im justlooking for my cat.

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VINCENT:Carol? Who the hell names their boyCarol?

CAROL:My parents loved the story a

Christmas Carol.

VINCENT:You think Im going to believe you?You think Im gonna let some fatprick come into my establishment,into MY office and take up my time?Get him out of here.

Jerrod begins to shove Carol towards the door. Carol isntsatisfied without having any answers. So his persistencecontinues.

CAROL:What about the Stretched Neck?

Vincent tells Jerrod to stop.

VINCENT:What did you say?

CAROL:Whats the stretched neck?

VINCENT:Jerrod, whats he have on him?

Jerrod then pats down Carol and doesnt find anything, hejust grabs the two wallets Carol has in his hands and tossesthem onto Vincents desk. Vincent opens the cat wallet firstand finds the business card, flips it over and sees the penmarking. He sets that wallet and card down to the side. Hethen picks up Carols wallet and goes through it, he takesout the picture of Carol and his cat, examines it and placesit down. He then takes out Carols I.D.

VINCENT:Carol Jason Taylor.

Carol looks at Vincent worrying on what will happen next.

VINCENT:Im going to ask a few questions,Carol. You will answer themtruthfully. Where did you get thiscard?

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CAROL:I.. I found it at my sisters housethe day after someone stole hercat.

VINCENT:Why are you here?

CAROL:Someone kidnapped my cat as well,this is the only lead I have.

VINCENT:Only lead? What? Are you adetective now? Carol, I know whohas you and your sisters cats. TheCatMan is what he goes by aroundhere. Hes a nice man.

Vincent opens a cabinet in his desk and pulls out a little

black book. He opens the pages and stops once he finds whathes looking for.

VINCENT:The thing is, Carol, Im not goingto give you his information. Its..Confidential. Youre really in abad spot, Im afraid.

Jerrod sits down on a chair in front of Vincent.

VINCENT:The CatMan, believe it or not, isimportant to the community. You, onthe other hand, are not. Yourewhat our business calls"disposable." Carol, you justshouldnt have come. You shouldforgotten about your cat when youhad the chance.

Jerrod pulls out a gun from the inside of his Jacket.

VINCENT:I hope you lived a loving life with

enough happy moments.

Jerrod cocks the gun and points it to Carol. Vincent stopshim from making any actions.

VINCENT:What the hell do you think youredoing? Take him somewhere else, Idont need a mess in my office!

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As Jerrod looks at Vincent, Carol takes this opportunity andswings his body, the swing allowing him to hit Jerrod in theface with the tail on his costume. This event causes a chainreaction. Jerrod, suddenly hit in the face, makes himsqueeze the trigger on the gun accidentally, which causeshim to shoot Hank (the man standing next to Vincents desk)

in the leg. Hank immediately falls onto the table then ontoVincent. Vincent then Drops the black book from his handonto the table. Noticing this is his only chance, Carolhastily grabs the black book from the table, along with thepicture of him and Mr. McNippleButts, and runs out of theback room and the black lagoon as fast as he can.

EXT - SIDEWALK - EVENING

Carol runs as fast as he can until he finds himself in asecluded alleyway. He hides behind a dumpster, exhausted, heleans back and sits down to rest.

CUT TO:

INT - BLACK LAGOON - EVENING

Jerrod sets Hank down on a couch and ties a piece of clotharound the gunshot wound on his leg. Vincent looks aroundhis table for the black booklet, but finds nothing.

VINCENT:That fat piece of shit has thebook. Go find him!!

Jerrod runs out of the back office and out of the BlackLagoon.

CUT TO:

EXT - ALLEYWAY - EVENING

Carol leaning back against side of a building stares at thepicture of Him and his cat. He begins to nod off and slowlyfalls asleep.

FADE:


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26.

INT - CAB - EVENING

CAB DRIVER:Where to, brudda?

CAROL:

can you follow that van?

CAB DRIVER:I would be no good if I couldnt!

The can driver chases the white van, after a while ofdriving the van pulls into a drive way of a Chineserestaurant.

CAB DRIVER:Okay, brudda. Datll be $24.76.

Carol looks for his wallet but is unable to find it. He then

realizes that he had left it back at the Black Lagoon.

CAROL:Damn it.

CAB DRIVER:Whats da matta, brudda?

CAROL:listen, I dont have my wallet onme but this is important. Those menhave kidnapped my son. Im herealready, I just need to get to

them. Please, please, I need to getmy son back.

CAB DRIVER:Ya know, normally I would curse youout. But Im in a good moodtonight. The ride is on me. But ifI ever see you again, youll oweme.

CAROL:Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Carol runs out of the cab.


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27.

EXT - OUTSIDE OF CHINA EXPRESS RESTAURANT - EVENING

Carol makes his way towards the back where the van isparked. He doesnt find a trace of anybody but continues tolook around. He hears people talking in a small shed behindthe restaurant. He places his head against the door to hear

what the people are saying.

DAVE:Glad she didnt put up a fight likethe last one.

ERIC:Yeah. Man, her coat is beautiful.

DAVE:You want to go back out and see ifwe can find anymore?

ERIC:Im kind of exhausted, I thinkshell be the last cat for theevening.

Carol believes he has finally found the cat thieves. Hetries to unlock the door to walk in but finds that it islocked. He looks around to see if there is another entranceinto the shed, but finds nothing. He does, however, notice asmall window that is locked shut. he takes a few steps back,runs as fast as he can and jumps through the tiny windowinto the building.

INT - SHED - EVENING

DAVE:What the hell!?

CAROL:That was a terrible mistake, Ithink I got glass in my butt crack.

ERIC:Im calling the cops!

CAROL:I hope you pricks are ready to turnyourselves in!

ERIC:What are you talking about!? Youjust jumped through our window!

(CONTINUED)


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CONTINUED: 28.

DAVE:Hes a junkie. Dont get near him!

CAROL:Junkie? You guys are kidnappers!Youre the ones breaking the law!

ERIC:What are you on right now?

CAROL:Im not on anything! I know youguys have my cat and my sisters cattoo! Give them back!

DAVE:We dont steal cats?

CAROL:

I saw you take a cat in the alley!Why would a couple of fooddeliverers be interested in a catthis late at night?

ERIC:It was a stray. We dont takedomesticated cats, that isstealing. We dont do that.

DAVE:You have us confused with someoneelse. The one who actually steals

cats. Were the good guys we findthe ones who need homes a place tolive. We find the cats before theother people who are stealing catshave their way with them.

CAROL:So youre telling me, you donthave my cat? That you dont breakinto homes and steal cats?

ERIC:Yes, that isnt us.

DAVE:Its someone else youre after."

Carol remembers Vincent mentioning the CatMan. He reachesdown into his sock and pulls out the black book. He skimsthrough it and finds the CatMan.

(CONTINUED)


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CONTINUED: 29.

CAROL:I know where he is.

DAVE:Huh? Who?

CAROL:The CatMan.

CAROL:Yeah. I got this book from a drugdealer who did business with him.This CatMan guy apparently stealscats.

Eric and Dave look at Carol confused and worried.

CAROL:(Noticing their looks)

No, dont worry I dont do drugs. Ijust stole the book before theycould shoot me.

ERIC:Can I see the book?

Carol hands the book over to Eric. Eric begins to flipthrough the pages, reading each page carefully.

ERIC:Where did you get this from? Whodid it belong to?

CAROL:I dont know, some guy who ran somegay bdsm club called the BlackLagoon.

Eric and Dave look back at each other in disbelief.

DAVE:Black Lagoon? That place is full ofthugs. You said you stole this bookfrom the owner? I think you meanVincent. I dont think you know howdeep of trouble youre in.

ERIC:Theres some important stuff inhere. Bunch of dates and names ofhead honchos and transactions andstuff. Past and coming up. Youshould take this to the police,

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)


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CONTINUED: 30.

ERIC: (contd)some of it is written like a diarytoo. He goes into detail about thecrimes he commits. Kind of weirdreally.

Eric hands the book back to Carol. As soon as Carol has itback in his hand his phone begins to ring. He hears itringing on his body, until he sees a flashing light comingfrom his crotch. He pushes a button and answers the phone,he somehow manages to put it on speaker. In order for him totalk to his phone he has to bend over and talk into hiscrotch.

CAROL:Hello?

SUSIE:Caro--

JERROD:Hey, Carol, nice to hear your voiceagain. Has anyone ever told youpersonally that Your sister isbeautiful? Nice kid as well.Anyway, listen Carol, my boss isntvery happy with me at the moment.Apparently, it was my fault forletting you take off with the book.But my boss is a nice a guy, hesgiving me a chance to redeemmyself. Carol, his niceness has

rubbed off onto me. Im going togive you a chance to bring the bookback to me. Your sister wont gethurt, her kid will be okay. Justbring us back the book. Dont callthe cops either. Just meet us atthe Rock Centers parking lot.Itll be a quick exchange.Everything will be fine."

Carol, nervous, looks at Eric and Dave. They look back athim with worried faces.

JERROD:Meet us no later than 3:30. See youthere.

Jerrod disconnects. Carol in shock doesnt know what to do.

(CONTINUED)


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CONTINUED: 31.

ERIC:Who was that?

CAROL:Some thug from the Black Lagoon...They actually have my sister?

DAVE:Call the cops.

ERIC:He Said not to.

DAVE:Dont be dumb, you cant just goout there alone.

CAROL:I cant call the police.

DAVE:What are you going to do?

ERIC:I have an idea.

EXT - ROCK CENTERS PARKING LOT - EVENING

Jerrod and Hank stand close together in an abandoned parkinglot. Behind them is their van with the headlights flashingtoward them. In a distance Carrol drives up in the ChinaExpress Van, and slowly parks. Carrol hesitantly walks out

of the vehicle.

JERROD:Carol, youre a brave soul Illgive you that. Now tell me, wheresthe book?

CAROL:Where is my sister and nephew?

JERROD:Theyre still.. alive.

CAROL:If you want your book, I want mysister and nephew.

JERROD:I dont have all night to makenegoitiations. Give me the book.

(CONTINUED)


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CONTINUED: 32.

CAROL:Give me my sister!

Jerrod reaches into his blazer to pull out a handgun.

JERROD:Lets be smart here.

Carrol takes deep breaths and closes his eyes.

CAROL:I dont have the book.

JERROD:This is a lose/lose situatuon forall of us.

Jerrod looks at Hank, shakes his head then back to Carol.

JERROD:

Ill make sure your sis and her kidrest well tonight. You had yourchance.

Jerrod raises his gun and points it to Carrol. In thedistance a sound of something can be heard shot, as if froma gun. Then in an instant something hits Jerrods neck,which causes him to jolt and swing his gun toward Hank andshoot his other leg. Hank yells. Jerrod grabs what stung hisneck just to find a tranquilizer dart, he curses at Carol ina slow drugged speech, then raises his gun back at him.Immediately another dart hits him in the butt. Jerrod isunable to handle both darts and passes out.

Carol runs to Jerrod and kicks the gun away from his handthen looks at Hank, who is on the floor holding his newwound.

CAROL:Where are they!?

HANK:Call an ambulance.

CAROL:What did you do to them?!

HANK:I cant feel my legs, please.

CAROL:Ill call the ambulance if you tellme where they are!

(CONTINUED)


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CONTINUED: 33.

HANK:(In pain)

In the back of the van.. ahhh..ahh.. the keys are in my pocket.Please, just call the ambulance.

Carol gets up and runs toward it, the running causes his

long tail to hit Hank in the face. He makes it to the backof the van, wand unocks it with the keys he got from Hank.Susie and Jacob sit on the floor of the van with their handsand legs tied, with ducktape on their mouths. Susie seesCarol and lets out muffeled cries. Jacob hops into the backof the van and unties them.

SUSIE:You came for us?

CAROL:You guys mean the world to me.

Carol hugs them tightly as they sit in the back of the van.When he hears a someone call out his name.

ERIC:Carol!

CAROL:(To Susie and Jacob)

Ill be right back. I promise!

Carol heads out of the van and finds Eric and Dave tying upJerrod and Hank with ropes that are specifically made foranimals.

ERIC:We did it!

CAROL:I cant thank you guys enough.Honestly, I thought I was going todie when he pulled the gun on me.If it smells like poop, its becauseI crapped myself a little. The poopis literally like burning the cutsI have in my buttcrack from theglass that cut me earlier.

DAVE:Ive never felt more alive!

CAROL:I owe you guys so much. You guysare seriously my best friends now.

(CONTINUED)


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CONTINUED: 34.

ERIC:We accept your friend request.

CAROL:Have any of us called the cops yet?

DAVE:I was going to, but fired a fewmore shots of my gun. This thing ispowerful.

CAROL:I think we should call the cops. Ithink this guy might be dying, hesbeen shot twice in the same daywith real bullets.

DAVE:Oh, is that why hes bleeding?

Eric takes out his phone and dials the police stating whathas happened.

DAVE:(To Carol)

Theres one last thing we need todo.

Dave discusses one last thing with Carol and Eric. Carolthen heads back to see his sister.

CAROL:

Susie, theres something else Ihave to do. I cant stay here withyou, but when the cops get here youhave to give them this.

Carol hands Susie Vincents black book.

CAROL:Its important the police get thistell them it belongs to VincentRamirez.

Susie nods in agreement.

CAROL:The police are coming, you andjacob are safe now.

Carol hugs Susie and Jacob and heads to the China Expressvan. He opens the door and heads in it.


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35.

INT - CHINA EXPRESS VAN - EVENING

CAROL:Alright, guys, lets do this.

INT - HOME HALLWAY - EVENING

A man walks about in his home. He stops infront of a lockeddoor and begins to sort out keys on his key chain. Aroundthe corner is Carol, Eric, and Dave, quietly sneaking aroundlooking for the man. Carol peeks his head around the cornerof the hallway and notices the man. He makes a "shush" signwith his hands to the other guys. He then jumps into thehallway, with the tranquelizer gun in his hands and shouts;

CAROL:Hey, CatMan! Where are the cats?!

Carol then accidentally pulls the trigger of the gun andshoots a tranquilizer at the CatMan. Knocking him out cold.

DAVE:Hey?!

ERIC:You shot him?!

CAROL:Crap, my finger slipped. I feelpoweful holding this thing.

DAVE:Agreed. I forgive Carol.

ERIC:Well, what the heck are we going todo now? Wait for him to wake up?

CAROL:Lets tie him up first.

DAVE:Lets take matters into our ownhands and find the cats ourselves!

The crew begin to tie up the outcold CatMan. When theyfinish faint cat meows can be heard.

CAROL:You guys hear that?

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CONTINUED: 36.

ERIC:Yeah, its coming from the hallway.

When the crew make their way into the hallway. They go tothe door that was about to be opened by the CatMan. Behindthe door they hear a plethora of cats meowing. Carol looks

down and sees the keychain and begins to slide keys into thelock until he finds the one that fits and opens the door.

CUE DRAMATIC HAPPY MUSIC

INT - SECRET ROOM - EVENING

The guys find themselves in a room full of cats locked incages. They all smile. Eric begins to cry. Carol has onlyone goal in mind, to find Mr. McNippleButts. He looks forwhat seems like hours. In his search he finds Dennis,Jacobs cat. But not Mr. McNippleButts. Until. In the

distanct he hears a specific cat meow. At the back of theroom is Mr. McNippleButts in a cage, but a light shinesbehind him as if he were some angel. Carol runs to him inslow motion. unlocks the cage. Picks up his cat and danceswith him, tears running down his face. Everything workedout.

CUT TO:

INT - CATMAN HOME - EVENING

The CatMan begins to wake up from his slumber to find three

random men before him staring back at him with angry faces.Carol grabs the tranquilizer gun and walk towards theCatMan.

CAROL:Hey, CatMan, I think its time foryou to have a...

Carol then shoots the CatMan once more, causing him toslowly pass out this time.

CAROL:Catnap.

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INT - SUSIES HOME - AFTERNOON

Carol plays with Jacob, Dennis, and his beloved Mr.McNippleButts in Susies home while she watches television.On the news Vincent can be seen being arrested by the policewith headlines that dealt with his crime streak. In the end

everything worked out for the man in the dragon costume.

dragon of the night

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