COORDINATES O.Z. by Austen Fisher Int. of Teen Tower- Night Cyborg
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COORDINATES O.Z. By Austen Fisher Int. of Teen Tower- Night Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Raven sit on the couch watching the news. Int. of News Studio. On the screen we see two news anchors. News Anchor 1 And that’s the wrong way to lick an ice cream cone. News Anchor 2 Thanks for that… in depth story, Martha…. In other news, it looks like we’re going to have some bad weather coming our way tonight. For that, we go to our Weatherwoman, Grace Kies. Grace? We see Grace Kies standing in front of a weather green screen. Grace Kies Thanks, Phil. It looks like we have a storm coming tonight that could develop into something dangerous, so keep an ear out for tornado sirens. Int. Teen Tower- Night. Robin walks through the room blasting Beethoven in his earbuds. The Titans on the couch watch him walk through, annoyed. Starfire enters. Starfire What are you watching friends? Cyborg Just some boring news update. Beast Boy Ugh. They turned off Monster Truck Madness for this?! Raven Lame. Starfire I’m sorry that your madness for monsterous trucks has not been satiated. But look what I have bought! Starfire excitedly holds up a pair of shiny red shoes. A choir sings the shoes’ heavenly praises. Beast Boy Okay. Cyborg So? Raven Lame. Starfire No. No. You do not understand. On my planet, the color red is banned because it reminds us of our economic archrivals: The Martians. Raven You sound like the news. Starfire What is “the news”? Beast Boy It’s what’s getting in the way of Monster Truck Madness! That’s what it is! Cyborg I wanna see cars jumping over smaller cars! Plus, I hear they have a monkey that rides a dog. Starfire Ooh. Now this I would like to see. Robin enters, struggling under the weight of two hay bales. Robin Who ordered two tons of hay to Teen Tower?! We cut to a farmer sitting in an old-fashioned truck full of hay. The farmer is chewing cud like a cow. All the Titans slowly turn their heads to look at Beast Boy. Beast Boy Yeahhhhhh. I got REALLY into being a horse last week and I must have done some online shopping. Cyborg How did you shop online while you were a horse? Robin Nevermind that! Where are we supposed to keep all this? Beast Boy Relax. We’ll keep it in your room. Robin (Buying it) Oh, that’s a great idea, I’ll just- Wait. What?! Beast Boy It can’t go in my room. It’s like a jungle in there. We cut to Beast Boys room, which looks like an actual jungle complete with Kookaburra sounds. We cut back. Robin No way. I’m not keeping two tons of hay in my room. Cyborg, what about you? Cyborg I don’t think it’ll fit. As Cyborg replies he walks over to a tiny space in the wall and morphs to fit inside of it perfectly. Robin (desperately) Raven? Starfire? Starfire Raven No, thank you. I’m allergic. Robin sighs, accepting defeat. Then he puts his earbuds back in, playing a sad indie version of “Do You Know the Muffin Man.” He picks up the hay bales and takes them to his room. There is a huge burst of lightning and a thunderclap shakes Teen Tower. Cyborg Whoa. Maybe those news people were right. Starfire goes to the window. We see a huge storm outside. Starfire It looks like a terrible storm. Robin pokes his head into the room. Robin Will somebody make sure my bike is inside while I take care of all this hay? Raven Fine. Raven flies away. Starfire I will make sure my shoes are safe! Starfire flies away. Int. Robin’s Room- night. Robin is sitting amongst bales of hay. His earbuds are playing Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of The Moon. He finishes putting the last bale of hay down and wipes his brow. Robin Whew! Now. Back to doing real superhero work. We see Robin grab a tweezers and pick up something from the table. We zoom in on the intensity and focus of his face as he gets closer to reaching his goal. Finally… Robin There! All finished! We zoom out to see he has completed a model airplane. Robin A real 450 Bluestreet Fighter Plane, complete with dual engines and window seats. Wait till the Titans see this! Robin’s room is wracked by another thunder clap. His model plane falls to pieces in his hands. Robin (To the heavens) NOOOOOOOOOO! Robin throws a temper-tantrum, stomps over to his bed, and jumps in. A bale of hay falls on him. Robin Ow. Int. Starfire’s Room - night. Starfire is asleep in her bed. Her new red shoes are still on her feet and poking out from under the covers. Suddenly a thunderclap shakes her room. The roof comes off. Starfire stays asleep. There is another louder thunderclap and the bed is picked up and then dropped by wind. Starfire is still asleep. Then, as if the wind has a mind of its own, it picks up the bed and tosses it around the room like a ragdoll, while thunder violently shakes the earth. Starfire is unshaken and sleeping soundly. Finally, a tornado hits Teen Tower and Starfire’s whole bed is picked up. Int. Tornado - night. Starfire’s bed is spinning in the middle of a twister. She is still asleep. We see Beast Boy fly by. Beast Boy AHHHHH. Beast Boy turns into a butterfly, then a pigeon, then a hawk. He is trying to fly against the wind. Then Cyborg falls into Beast Boy, knocking him out of the shot. A moment later Robin flies by, covered in hay and with his model airplane in tow. We see Raven on Robin’s bike. There’s a burst of smoke as everything crashes down into silence. Int. Teen Tower - night. Jinx is looking into a giant crystal ball with Mammoth standing next to her. Jinx It worked Mammoth. The storm worked! Now that we’ve thrown the Titans miles away we’ve taken Teen Tower for our own! Bwahaha! Mammoth laughs but it sounds like a monkey screeching. Jinx Woah. Are you okay? Mammoth coughs up a chicken bone. Mammoth Sorry. Something in my throat. The resume laughing as they stare into the crystal ball. It shows Starfire in a bed in the woods. Zoom in, until… Ext. The Woods - day Starfire is asleep. A fly lands on Starfire’s nose. She wakes up immediately and yawns. Starfire What a beautiful woodland scene to awake to! She notices a pair of feet under her bed. Starfire Oh my! The feet struggle, while a muffled voice yells from under the bed. Starfire Let me help you, friend. Starfire pulls the socked-figure from under her bed. It’s Gizmo. They immediately get into battle positions. Starfire Gizmo You! You! Starfire How did you get underneath my bed? Gizmo I- I- I don’t know… I went to sleep and then I woke up with your bed on top of me! Starfire (looking around) Where are we? Gizmo checks his high tech watch. Its broken and only half the screen works. The top of the screen only has the letter “O” and the bottom only has “Z”. Gizmo Ugh. Beats me. Let me calibrate my navigational system to see if I can get a more accurate reading on the- Starfire We are doomed! Gizmo No we’re not! Look at my watch! It says Oz. That has to mean something… It looks like “O” and “Z” are the coordinates to the nearest town… Now if I can just- Gizmo goes back to his tech, trying to figure out what OZ means. Starfire has a stark realization. Starfire Wait! Where are my shoes? Gizmo Your shoes? I think the bigger problem is- Starfire There they are! Starfire points to a cornfield. Her shoes are poking out of the corn. We hear the same chorus as before, when she showed the shoes to the rest of the Titans. She flies to the cornfield. Gizmo (trailing off as he gets farther away) Hey! Wait a minute! I think we’re supposed to follow that yellow brick road! Ext. Cornfield - day. Starfire lands in the cornfield. Her shoes are perched on the top of a scarecrow’s post. Starfire grabs the shoes and gives them a hug. Starfire Oh, red shoes. Never scare me like that ever again. Suddenly the scarecrow wiggles. We hear Robin’s voice. Robin Starfire! Oh thank Commissioner Gordon you found me. Starfire (not seeing Robin) Robin? Is that you? I cannot see you. Robin I’m right here! Starfire Where? All I see is a cornfield and this scarecrow. Starfire accidentally drops a shoe on the scarecrow’s head. Robin Ow! Starfire! It’s me! We see that the scarecrow is Robin. The airplane glue has stuck the bales of hay to him and the remnants of the plane sit on top of his head like a hat. Starfire Oh my! How did you get like this? Robin It was the tornado. I was working on my 450 Bluestreet Fighter Plane, complete with dual engines and window seats when I got picked up by the storm and ended up on this stick. I can’t get off. We watch Robin struggle to get off the stick he’s on. It is a sad, flailing attempt. Robin Can you help me? Starfire What are the magical words? Robin Starfire, as the leader of the Teen Titans I order you to get me down! Starfire Those words don’t sound magical to me.