Friday 8 March 2013

Scribblers: Supernova

Scribblers
"Supernova"
by Steffan Alun

1. INT. THE PIT - LIVING AREA - Day 1. 0900

LYRIC is having fun with A ROBOT!

LYRIC
Robot robot robot!

CHRONAL enters, gorgeous beast.

CHRONAL
You finally managed to make a robot!

ROBOT
Yes he did!

CHRONAL
Why did you give it Cloudburst's voice?

ROBOT
I am a robot.

LYRIC
I am going to the shops to show off my new robot.

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2. INT. THE SHOPS - Day 1. 0930

LYRIC and ROBOT are having a lovely day. They both have ice creams.

LYRIC
This is the best robot day ever.

ROBOT
I am a robot. Mm, this ice cream's lush.

LYRIC
I tried making ice cream once. Tripped over my words and made a big splodge.

ROBOT
What's a splodge?

LYRIC
Oh, robot. You have so much to learn about humans.

A PERSON appears! She is dressed in a coooool crimson costume! Maybe it's a superhero?

PERSON
Freeze.

She holds out her hands!

And Lyric is pulled to the ground! Almost as though gravity itself had increased lots! OMG!

ROBOT
Oh no! A supervillain! Activating super robot powers.

Dark clouds gather above -

A lightning bolt strikes -

But the person absorbs the energy, instead of being comically electrocuted!

ROBOT
Robot is sad.

The person holds out her hands again -

And robot is sucked towards her -

And she punches poor robot in the face!

PERSON
I win round one. I'll be back later.

And the person is gone! Wow! What a supervillain!

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3. EXT. THE PARK - Day 2. 1000

AMITY and OVERLOAD are on the swings.

CAPTION: "The following day ..."

AMITY
What if she wins next time?

OVERLOAD
Has Fountain Girl ever won?

AMITY
Yes, once! It was 1994.

OVERLOAD
I think you're probably safe, then.

AMITY
Okay. Your turn.

OVERLOAD
I've forgotten the rules.

AMITY
Oh, is this a game? I thought we were just talking!

Suddenly, a PERSON appears! She is a supervillain! We met her before, remember?

AMITY
Oh, hey, you were mean to my friend! And his robot!

OVERLOAD
Yeah! Robots have feelings too!

SUPERVILLAIN
Do they?

AMITY
Uh, this one does.

The supervillain holds up her hands, pointing towards Overload -

OVERLOAD
No no no! Don't make me fight. Ms Glass says I mustn't.

Overload is sucked towards the supervillain -

And then thrust away with incredible force!

Crash! The see-saw will never be the same again.

AMITY
Mate, I get that you're a villain and everything, but do you need to be such a bully about it?

Amity frowns -

And the supervillain HOLLERS!

And escapes!

AMITY
Oh, cool, I won Round Two. I can't wait to tell Animalgaman.

OVERLOAD
Maybe he'd like to meet at some sort of medical facility that specialises in Overload's bones.

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4. INT. THE PIT - LIVING AREA - Day 3. 1200

The furniture in the pit is arranged as an obstacle course - row of chairs, balanced pyrmids of tins, big tinsel webs.

SHIFT on one end, WRAITH holding the stopwatch.

SHIFT
Ready, steady ...

A SUPERVILLAIN appears! Shift's face falls.

SUPERVILLAIN
Time for the semi-final.

Wraith becomes invisible -

But his light is drawn towards the supervillain -

And the room goes dark!

There's lots of grunts and shouts and punchy sounds.

The light returns, and Wraith has been taken out, and Shift is missing.

SUPERVILLAIN
Round three to me.

A BAT flutters down from the ceiling and becomes SHIFT.

SHIFT
No, hang on, that doesn't count. I didn't get a chance to do anything.

SUPERVILLAIN
The finale is at midday tomorrow. I call on Chronal to face me at Battle Field. The terms of combat - his wife is to stay away.

She disappears!

SHIFT
Oh, lame, she broke the tinsel web.

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5. EXT. BATTLE FIELD - Day 4. 1200

CHRONAL is ready & extremely talented. AMITY, SHIFT, WRAITH, LYRIC and ROBOT are gathered to watch.

CHRONAL
She's late.

The SUPERVILLAIN appears!

SUPERVILLAIN
I am not late.

CHRONAL
I have perfect timing!

SUPERVILLAIN
We'll see about that.

The villain holds a hand towards a distant tree -

Which uproots -

And shoots towards Chronal.

CHRONAL
I can see why you didn't want Finesse here.

Chronal freezes the tree in time.

CHRONAL
She'd be livid at that sort of behaviour. Replant it.

The villain holds another hand towards Chronal!

CHRONAL
Argh!

The tree shoots towards him -

Connects!

Knocking Chronal to the ground!

CHRONAL
What have you done to me?

He runs towards the villain -

Speeding up as he does so -

(Ooh, superspeed!)

The villain holds up both hands -

And Chronal suddenly stops.

VILLAIN
I am SUPERNOVA.

Chronal fights the freeze, struggling to get closer.

SUPERNOVA
You think time matters to me? I eat time for breakfast.

Chronal is released -

But he's exhausted -

And falls to the ground.

Amity steps forwards.

AMITY
I defeated her before.

Supernova holds a hand towards Wraith -

Appears to suck darkness out of him -

And the darkness engulfs Amity.

SUPERNOVA
It's me against Chronal. Time versus space. Alright. I will give you one free hit.

She stands still, arms outstretched behind her.

Chronal stands -

Slowly -

And blasts her with, um, time blasts. Yeah.

But they have no effect.

CHRONAL
You're completely immune.

SUPERNOVA (suddenly cheerful)
Excellent. Well, that's all I needed you to check. I'll be heading off now.

LYRIC
What?! You were using him for a check-up?

SUPERNOVA
Oh, no. Certainly not. There's a lot more to come from me.

She grabs Chronal's wrist.

Chronal is too weakened to struggle.

SUPERNOVA
It's been a real pleasure meeting you, Chronal. I look forward to the rest of our lives together.
(beat)
As nemeses.

Behind Supernova, a six-foot wormhole opens.

She steps inside -

And it closes.

THE END