INT. BARRY’S
APARTMENT
Barry is passed
out on the couch – Cisco sits at the computer working -- he CRUSHES an energy
drink – doesn’t skip a beat.
The TV in the
center of the room is on.
ON SCREEN
A news broadcast
of a huge crowd in Central City Square. A
stage is erected in the center. A BAND
WALKS OFF – just finished playing.
A TICKER at the
bottom of the screen reads “ALL-DAY CONCERT IN CENTRAL CITY SQUARE.”
Out of nowhere, a
CONFETTI CANON FIRES.
ON BARRY
He WAKES –
startled. He looks at the TV.
BARRY
What is this?
CISCO
I
dunno.
BARRY
It’s
a concert. You’re not watching this?
CISCO
No. I just needed something on in the background.
BARRY
Does
it have to be so loud?
CISCO
Sorry,
didn’t realize. I tune things out when I
get focused.
ON BARRY – he GRABS
the REMOTE – MOVES to turn off the TV.
CISCO
Don’t! It helps me.
Especially when I’ve been scouring the internet for the last eight
hours. Straight. No pee breaks.
(He
stops typing)
Oh
my god. I haven’t peed in eight hours.
BARRY
Have you found anything?
CISCO
Nothin. Five thousand Doyle Foxes in and around
Central City, and none of them stand out.
In any way. No records, no
misdemeanors. This guy’s a ghost in a
sea of ghosts.
BARRY
There
has to be something we’re overlooking.
CISCO
We? You napped.
I haven’t peed in eight hours.
(realizing)
And
I don’t need to. I’ve had, like, ten
energy drinks.
BARRY
Well,
let’s work off what we know. The 2098
version of Doyle Fox was so old he could barely move. Maybe eighties?
CISCO
I
know some eighty year olds that are more spry than I am.
BARRY
Ok. Nineties, let’s say. So now, in 2018, we’re looking for someone as
old as twenty-eight, and as young as…
(Yeah,
the truth sucks)
CISCO
Eighteen.
BARRY
He’s
a kid.
CISCO
He
could be a kid.
BARRY
Hurry
Cisco. Revise the search
parameters. We gotta find him.
Cisco turns and
gets to work – Barry turns and paces in font of the TV.
Something on screen
catches his eye – he STEPS IN to the screen.
ON SCREEN
Doyle, shirtless,
walks on stage. A couple people in the
audience acknowledge him, but mostly people aren’t paying attention.
The teenager has
DUCT TAPE over his mouth – he HOLDS UP A SIGN.
ON SIGN
LADIES AND
GELTLEMENT. FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT, I WILL
MAKE MYSELF DISAPPEAR.
Doyle puts the
sign down – he pulls out a HUNTER’S KNIFE.
He POSITIONS THE KNIFE over his heart – EXTENDS his arms –
ON BARRY
Who speeds out of
the room.
Cisco turns to an empty
living room.
CISCO
What the?
EXT. CENTRAL CITY
SQUARE – DAY
Barry stops – a huge
crowd stands between him and the stage.
People notice that
the Flash is there. Everyone in the
audience TURNS to him.
VARIOUS AUDIENCE
Look, it’s Flash!/Flash!/I
love you Flash!
On stage, Doyle
PULLS the knife toward his heart.
Flash ENTERS FLASH
TIME – He LAUNCHES forward, LEAPING over the crowd – using some step-stones to
get him to the stage.
The knife, even in
Flash Time, is getting closer to its mark – and Flash is still too far away.
FLASH
WAIT
In Flash Time we
see the knife STAB Doyle in the chest.
It goes all the way in, up to the hilt.
Flash LANDS on the
stage. Flash Time ends – Doyle FALLS
back, but Flash catches him – EASES him to the ground.
FLASH
No! No!
Hey, kid – do you hear me?
Doyle’s eyes are
closed. His tongue STICKS OUT.
And the crowd goes
nuts.
VARIOUS AUDIENCE
Did
that kid just…/Oh my god, someone call an ambulance/Is he bleeding?/
Flash looks under
the body – NO BLOOD – he SETS Doyle down – looks at his gloves – no blood there
either.
Flash STANDS –
then, Doyle POPS UP. The audience gasps.
Doyle GRABS the
hilt of the knife. He PULLS it out of
his chest – it’s a STRUGGLE.
The knife blade
comes out COMPLETELY CLEAN – and there’s not even a SCRATCH on Doyle’s chest.
Doyle EXTENDS HIS
ARMS – TAKES A BOW. No one claps. They start boo’ing.
DOYLE
Ladies
and gentlemen, I am Doyle Fox. You can
find more of my illusions at www.doylefox.com.
They’re not
interested.
Doyle throws his
arm around Flash – takes a SELFIE.
An ornery STAGE
MANAGER WALKS on – GETS IN DOYLE’S FACE.
STAGE MANAGER
Kid,
you have five seconds to get the hell outta here before I have you arrested.
The Stage Manager
PUSHES Doyle offstage.
DOYLE
(to Flash)
It was an honor performing
with you.
Flash TOUCHES his
ear.
FLASH
Cisco?
He hears RUSHING
WATER.
CISCO (O.S.)
Not now!
FLASH
I think I found him.
CISCO (O.S.)
That’s great! Oh!
FLASH
What are you…
The floodgates
have been opened.
END OF ACT II
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