The Lost Boys "Michaels Initiation"

Written By

Joseph Crouch

Based on, if any

"The Lost Boys" by Joel Schumacher

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INT. SUNKEN HOTEL - EVENING

Thunder booms in the distance.

The LOST BOYS (DAVID, STAR, LADDIE, DWAYNE e.t.c) and MICHAEL sit in the SUNKEN HOTEL around a bin fire waiting for MARKO to arrive with dinner.

He does.

MARKOFeeding time! Come and get it boys!

MARKO walks towards the group and hands DAVID a box of food, Just as MICHAEL and STAR share a knowing glance. DAVID peruses the food, then opens it.

DAVIDChinese! Good choice.

Excitedly, MARKO begins to hand out boxes of the Chinese food to the LOST BOYS. DAVID offers his to MICHAEL.

DAVIDGuests first.

MICHAEL waves it away with his hand.

MICHAELNo, no thanks.

DAVID pushes the issue.

DAVIDYou don't like rice? Tell me MICHAEL, how could a billion Chinese people be wrong?

The lost boys chortle at this.

DAVIDCome on.

MICHAEL takes the box of noodles from DAVID and nervously begins to eat them.

DAVID observes for a while.

DAVIDHow're those maggots?

MICHAEL stares at him, Gives a look of "Are you serious?", stupefied.

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DAVIDMaggots MICHAEL, You're eating Maggots. How do they taste?

The LOST BOYS laugh with DAVID, MICHAEL joins in suspiciously. He looks down at the box of Chinese food.

They are Maggots.

MICHAEL spits his food out and throws the box to the floor in disgust. The LOST BOYS laugh at him in communion.

STAR turns to them.

STARLeave him alone.

They laugh again but it dies out. MICHEAL is still spitting the food out.

The smile leaves DAVID's face. MICHAEL coughs out the last of the Maggots, opens his eyes and stares in disbelief at the Rice on the floor.

The thunder clashes sympathetically.

He picks Rice from his teeth. He looks visibly sickened.

DAVIDSorry about that. No hard feelings huh?

MICHAEL, shrugs it off.

MICHAELNo.

DAVID passes him another box of food. MICHAEL doesn't take them, only peering into the box.

DAVIDWhy don't you try some noodles?

MICHAEL is disgusted.

MICHAELThey're worms.

The LOST BOYS laugh some more.

DAVID looks himself.

DAVIDWhadd'ya mean they're Worms?!

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DAVID dips his chopsticks in and eats the food.

MICHAELDon't eat...

Before he can finish his sentence, DAVID has consumed the Worms and is staring at MICHAEL

DAVIDThey're only noodles MICHAEL.