| EXT. FLEA-BAG HOTEL - NIGHT
Nancy runs as fast as she can get away from the hotel. She quickly disappears among the pedestrians. On the back of her black leather jacket is a Zig-Zag man that looks like a skull.
Nancy slows down her pace so as not to draw attention to herself. She is totally freaked out and glances back behind herself frequently. Now she's really blinking fast.
We see the front of Hank's building with "1241" chiseled next to the door. Nancy walks past in a daze of desperation. She blinks and mumbles to herself. NANCY Our view goes straight up past Nancy and stops on hank's second story window.
We move in through the window and find Hank pacing in circles. He's rubbing the sides of his head. HANK Hank shuffles over to his old record player/radio and switches it on. He turns the tuning knob and the radio dial slides across the numbered band picking up static all the way across. It finally locks onto a rap music station. Suddenly hank is surrounded by three BLACK MALE RAPPERS wearing high-top sneakers. One of the Rappers grabs Hank's face and pushes it down on the turntable. He uses hank's nose to make the scratching sound against the record. The second Rapper beats out the rhythm on Hank's back. The third does a fancy step that ends with kicking Hank in the stomach. Hank's hand desperately gropes for the on/off switch, but it's out of reach. RAPPERS Hey,
it's nervous The
spiders have your room under attack Hey,
it's nervous The
foil on the walls blocks out the rays The Rappers disappear. Hank looks around and touches the air where the Rappers were. He shakes his head hard and opens his eyes wide. HANK Hank turns in three circles, then heads out of the main room toward the kitchen. He steps through the doorway and he's back in the main room. He stands for a moment in bewilderment, then steps through the doorway into the bathroom. He ends up back in the main room again. HANK Hank drops onto the couch in a puff of dust. He picks up the L.A. Metro Newspaper. He looks at the personal ads. HANK Hank runs his finger down the list. HANK Hank shakes his head. He keeps looking and spots a good one. HANK Hank throws the paper on the floor and shakes his head. HANK CUT TO: EXT. 6TH STREET - NIGHT A discarded L.A. Metro Newspaper blows past a street sign that says, "6TH STREET." Nancy comes walking past. This is a seriously crummy part of town. Burnt out cars up on blocks, garbage in the street, street lights knocked over, emaciated dogs, people hanging out on stoops. Nancy gulps and starts to pray to herself. Where she's going looks worse than where she's been - there's a fire in the middle of the street - so she turns around and starts heading back. The street is suddenly deserted. From behind cars and between buildings step six skuzzy young men wearing leather vests. They are members of the 6TH ST. ORPHANS gang, which it states in poor penmanship on the backs of their leather vests. They surround Nancy. The gang leader, COMET, a thin, tall, ugly guy with a .38 caliber, nickel-plated pistol tucked in his belt, steps forward. COMET Nancy is as frightened as she's ever been in her life. NANCY COMET NANCY COMET This brings a laugh from the rest of the gang. Another gang member, PRESTO, adds in. . . PRESTO And another gang member, JOKER, adds. . . JOKER They all move in on her, with Comet in the lead. COMET This brings stupid looking grins to all the gang member's faces. Comet steps right up I front of Nancy and reaches for the plant. COMET Nancy is about to completely freak out, then suddenly reaches forward and takes the .38 out of Comet's belt. She waves it for all of them to see. NANCY The smiles leave all of their faces. Comet is furious. COMET He reaches for the pistol. NANCY She fires a shot straight down into Comet's foot. Everyone quickly backs off. Comet falls to the pavement screaming. People's faces appear at windows on both sides of the street. Comet is holding his bleeding foot and screaming. COMET Nancy swings the pistol around and everyone backs up another step. Her eyes are wide and blazing with intensity. Suddenly she turns and runs as fast as she can. Joker goes after her. As Joker begins gaining ground, Nancy swings around and fires a shot right over his head. He dives to the pavement and rolls behind a car. Nancy keeps running and disappears around a corner. The members of the 6th St. Orphans help their injured leader up to his good foot. Comet is outrageously mad. COMET CUT TO: EXT. BUS STATION - NIGHT Nancy comes running up beside the downtown bus station. She has a crazed, desperate expression on her face and is blinking a lot. She stops running and makes a decision. She shoves the pistol into her backpack. NANCY Nancy goes into the bus station.
Nancy enters the sleazy, bustling bus station. She goes to the phone booths that line the back wall. Nancy steps into a phone booth and shuts the door. She picks up the receiver, sighs deeply and dials. She has a pinched, hardened expressin on her face as she waits for her call to connect. OPERATOR NANCY OPERATOR The phone begins to ring. An older MALE VOICE answers. MALE
VOICE OPERATOR MALE
VOICE OPERATOR The operator clicks off. NANCY MALE
VOICE Nancy recognizes him. NANCY Uncle Al takes a very deep breath and there's a painful catch in it. UNCLE
AL NANCY UNCLE
AL NANCY UNCLE
AL Nancy is silent for a moment, but a thought is forming in her head. A disturbing thought. NANCY UNCLE
AL NANCY UNCLE
AL Nancy has a dead, glassy eyed stare. NANCY UNCLE
AL NANCY UNCLE
AL Nancy hangs up. She begins blinking furiously. NANCY CUT TO: INT. HANK'S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT Hank's head hangs backward off the back of the couch. HANK He glances at the open L.A. Metro on the floor. There is a full page ad for a phone sex line. 976-SEXX. There are photos of four beautiful girls in various states of repose. The ad states, "Don't be lonely. There's a girl here for you." HANK He picks up the phone and dials. Hank's phone gives off an electrical impulse which travels through the wire to the wall.
The phone current travels through the wire running from the apartment building to the phone lines at the top of the phone pole on the street.
The phone current travels through these phone lines to the conglomeration of phone wires for the whole block. The electrical impulse shoots through the wires with a Zzzzzz sound. The electrical impulse comes down from the phone pole and into a relay.
The phone relay is attached to the top of the wall of the bus station. INT. BUS STATION - NIGHT The current enters the bus station. It travels through the wires near the ceiling, then the various phone currents separate into seven different phone booths lining the back wall of the bus station. The phone in the center phone booth begins to ring. Nancy is crouched low in the phone booth and the ringing startles her. She looks all around in a panic, then quickly answers it to stop it from ringing. NANCY We go back and forth between Hank and Nancy. HANK There's an extended pause. NANCY HANK There's another pause. NANCY HANK NANCY HANK NANCY HANK NANCY HANK NANCY HANK Nancy glances through the window of the bus station and sees Joker pass by on the street. He is intently looking all around. Nancy sinks lower in the phone booth. NANCY HANK NANCY HANK NANCY HANK NANCY HANK NANCY HANK NANCY HANK NANCY HANK NANCY Hank is aghast and utterly embarrassed. HANK NANCY Hank looks down at the 976-SEXX ad. HANK NANCY HANK NANCY HANK NANCY HANK Nancy has a pen and a matchbook in her hands. NANCY HANK NANCY HANK NANCY
Nancy hangs up. She takes a deep breath and looks up to heaven. NANCY She looks around the bus station. The coast is clear. Nancy steps out of the phone booth and walks quickly up to a ticket window. A black, male TICKET SELLER looks up. NANCY TICKET
SELLER NANCY Nancy quickly crosses the bus station toward the door. NANCY Nancy exits the bus station. CUT TO: INT. HANK'S LIVINGROOM - NIGHT Hank hangs up the phone. He's got a slightly dazed look on his face. HANK He starts I one direction, stops, then starts I another direction and stops. HANK He begins picking stuff up off the floor and making piles. He kicks soiled clothes behind furniture. As he cleans he thinks aloud. HANK Hank finishes wiping the coffee-table with a sponge and looks around. The apartment looks reasonably clean and straightened up - except for the tin foil on the walls. HANK He goes over to the foil-covered wall, takes a hold of a long strip of tin foil and yanks it down. He crumbles it into a big ball. HANK Suddenly a rubber-gloved hand with a white sleeve bursts through the wall in a loud explosion of plaster shrapnel. It grabs hold of Hank's collar and yanks his head back into the wall. Hank's forehead leaves a dent in the plaster and his eyes cross. Another rubber-gloved hand bursts through the wall in front of Hank's face. This one is holding a huge hypodermic syringe with a long gleaming needle. Medicine squirts out the end. Then needles begin popping through the wall all around Hank's face and head. Hank yanks himself away from the gloved hand and stumbles into the center of the room. He shuts his eyes and pounds his fists on his temples. HANK He opens his eyes. The rubber-gloved hand and the needle are gone. HANK Suddenly Hank screams as loud as he can and grabs his right foot. Hopping on his left foot he looks down at the floor. A big drill bit screws its way up through the floor. Hank watches as the drill bit then screws itself back down leaving a one inch hole in the floor. He looks closer at the hole and an eye appears looking back up at him. VOICE
FROM BELOW There's a loud buzzing sound followed by an intense beam of white light that shines up though the hole into Hank's face. Hank jumps out of the way and the beam of light follows him. Hank drops to the floor and crawls away fro the beam of light. Directly in front of him the drill bit comes screwing back up through the floor. This is followed by another beam of white light… CUT TO: EXT. HANK'S BUILDING - NIGHT Nancy runs up in front of hank's building. She quickly checks the address against the matchbook in her hand. It's the same. She sighs hopefully, looks quickly around, then sprints into the building.
Nancy walks past the mailboxes. She spots number 206 and sees the edges of many envelopes poking out, unlike any of the others. As she turns the corner to head up the stairs, she glances back at the front door. Through the window in the door she can see Joker and Presto of the 6th Street Orphans stop right in front of the door and converse. Nancy frowns and tiptoes up the steps.
Nancy walks slowly up the hall toward Hank's door. It's like she's approaching a haunted house. Her face expresses that she's not at all sure this is a good idea. Nancy arrives at Hank's door. Number 206. She stands there looking very hesitant. Slowly, she raises her fist to knock on the door, but pauses before actually knocking. She hears a siren wailing in the distance. She knocks. Suddenly the door flies open. . . There stands Hank with his entire body wrapped in tin foil!!! He has a tent of tin foil over his head with holes poked out for the eyes. He has a baseball bat in his hand ready to strike. Nancy gasps, takes a step back and drops the plant to the floor. The clay pot shatters into a million pieces. Hank freezes, then quickly hides the bat behind his back. HANK Nancy nods, her mouth open. NANCY Hank yanks the foil tent with the peep holes off his head and tosses it. He smiles. HANK Nancy's mouth hangs open. This can't be true. NANCY Hank looks down at himself. HANK NANCY HANK NANCY She starts to turn and leave. HANK NANCY Down the hall, Mrs. Rameriz' door opens a crack and an eye peers out. Hank smiles and waves. Nancy turns and the door quickly shuts. HANK Hank dashes away tearing off the remainder of the tinfoil. Nancy stands there looking uncomfortable. She looks like she might turn and leave when Hank returns holding a Crock Pot and a garbage can. All of this tin foil wrapping is gone. He hands Nancy the Crock Pot. HANK Nancy looks at the Crock Pot with its dangling electrical cord skeptically. NANCY HANK They both crouch down and pick up the pieces of the broken pot and knock heads. They toss the pieces into the garbage can. They then brush all the soil together and lift the drooping plant into the Crock Pot. It sits crookedly. HANK NANCY Nancy hesitates. This doesn't seem like such a bright move. Hank smiles his most ingratiating smile. Nancy hears a police siren. Nancy hesitantly steps inside.
HANK
NANCY
Nancy walks slowly up the hall and Hank follows after her. Nancy steps into the living room and sees all of the tin foil on the walls. She's not sure how to react, she starts to laugh. NANCY
Hank follows her look around the room. HANK
NANCY
HANK Nancy takes a hesitant step into the apartment. She nods her head. NANCY
HANK NANCY
HANK Nancy shakes her head and turns around. NANCY
HANK NANCY
HANK
NANCY HANK
NANCY HANK Nancy waves her hand. NANCY HANK |
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