Last Assignment

A group of high school friends go on a treasure hunt to find their deceased teacher/mentors riches he left them in his will. Not finished

Act 1:
Scene 1: Perkins High School/ Right After School/ Friday

(Curtains up. hallway scene. Protagonist Lance goes down stage center/ Song: Opening Number: This is a Song in a Musical)

(Lance, Terra, Jack, and Stephen eventually stop singing and keep walking, talking to random people in the hallway.)

Jack: Hey Tony, you’re gonna be there tonight, right?

Tony: (As the group passes) I heard that.

Terra: (To Jack) I’m confused, does that mean he’s gonna be there or not?

Jack: I think he is?

Lance: I don’t know, (spots Luke), but I know Luke is. (Walks up to him) Hey, Luke, your comin’ tonight, aren’t you?

Luke: Go away Lance... Yeah, I’ll be there.

(Sweep to Terra walking up to someone.)

Terra: Person!

Shawn: Sup?

Terra: You’re gonna be there tonight, right?

Shawn: Be where?

Terra: Our party, silly.

Shawn: You didn’t invite me.

Terra: I am now.

Shawn: (Puts his arms up in a what ever manner) Okay?

Terra: Alright, see ya. (Walks away)

Shawn: (By himself) I don’t know where you live.

(Shift focus to Stephen talking to someone.)

Stephen: Yeah, man, it should be awesome.

Someone: I don’t know man, can’t be better than last year.

Stephen: I just know I’m gonna get wasted! (Emphasis on wasted.)

(A teacher walks by as he says that, kind of staring at him.)

Stephen: Wasted on life, sir. Good ole’ life. Mmm mmm, Can’t get enough of it.

Jack: (Walks up to him) Nice, Stephen.

(The Gang re-group and walk down the hallway. Jack is texting)

Lance: Who you texting?

Jack: JC, that snitch I met in the club.

Stephen: I don’t get it.

Lance: For real.

Jack: (Ignoring him) How should I say “I love you”, should I use the heart thing, or l-u-v, or what? And what about “you”, just the letter U or what’s going on with that?

Lance: Your telling someone you love them?

Jack: Yeah.

Lance: Who?

Jack: JC, that snitch I met in the club.

Lance: (sighs) I hate you.

Jack: So spell it out, heart thing, what should I be doing here?

Stephen: Well if you wanted to sound like you care, I-

Jack: (Cuts her off) I don’t.

Stephen: Then do whatever, but she’ll probly get agitated if you don’t spell the whole thing out.

Jack: That’s stupid, why?

Stephen: Cos, it’s like a sign that you don’t take the time to do little things. It makes her feel more appreciated.

Terra: Not all girls are like that.

Stephen: Believe me, a lot of them are. I would know.

Lance: Stephen, just because you went out with that Samantha Branson chick for a week does not mean you know everything there is to know about girls.

Stephen: I’m just saying, if I would ever say love you too like l-u-v than it would kind of be awkward the rest of the conversation and she’d say something like “Do you really love me?” And I’d be like “Of course, baby.” And she’d be like “Well it doesn’t sound like it” and I’d be like “Well you read it over text, so you couldn’t hear it anyway. You must be kinda stupid.” This is when she’d get mad and say...

Jack: Stephen, shut up.

Stephen: No, she’d say...

Jack: No Stephen, you’re rambling.

Stephen: Oh, sorry, my bad, I’m not over her yet. Anyway, the point is it’s not worth the hassle potentially if you don’t spell it all out.

Jack: Lame. It’s not like I’m saying I don’t love her or anything.

Lance: Do you?

Jack: Hell no. But I’m not telling her that.

Stephen: Wait, who are we talkin’ about?

Jack: (Points to Lance) Don’t tell him.

Stephen: Why not?

Lance: I don’t know who it is!

Jack: To annoy you.

Terra: (Looks ahead towards the entrance)  I think we’re gonna miss our bus.

(The Gang walk by a blue carpeted hallway by the entrance. Lance turns.)

Terra: What’re you doing?

Lance: Goin’ to talk to Bores.

Terra: What?

( The Gang begin to follow him down the hallway.)

Lance: Remember? Bowling tomorrow?

Terra: Oh yeah.

(On the way down the hallway, Jack and Stephen kind of get into a shoving match. Lance, then the Gang walk into Bores’ room. There, we see Bores on the computer, he notices them and smiles.)

Bores: Hey guys.

Lance: Borrrrrrrrrrreeessssss, we still on for tomorrow?

Bores: You know it, 2:30 good?

Lance: (Turns to the gang for approval. They nod their heads yes) Yep.

Jack: So ( Taps his cast), hows your foot?

Bores: Getting better.

Jack: That’s good, you gotta watch out on those ladders, they’ll get ya.

Bores: I know, I know. Hey! (Points to Stephen)

Stephen: Me?

(Continue to show Bores pointing at him.)

Bores: Yeah, you Stephen. You still need to turn in that cartoon violence project.

Stephen: W-what?

Bores: It was due two days ago, you’ve had three weeks to complete it.

Stephen: I don’t know what your- what?

Bores: You’ve got to be more responsible. I’m gonna have to fail you.

(Stephen is speechless)

Bores: (Looks real stern) Nah, I’m kiddin’. (Looks at Lance, Jack, and and Terra to signal that Stephen is stupid.)

Stephen: (Confused) Ha. (Notices a pocket knife on Bores’s desk.) Is that a pocket knife? (picks it up.) No weapons in school Mr. Bores. Naughty naughty.

Bores: Yeah, that’s my dad’s old hunting knife, I don’t use it, it’s more of an heirloom really. I don’t know why I brought it here.

Stephen: If you’re not using it can I have it?

Bores: I don’t know if giving you a knife is the best idea.

Stephen: (opens it and begins to toy with it.) Oh come on, what can I do wrong with it? (Nicks himself.) Holy Ba-Jesus!!!!

Bores: Yeah, maybe someday when I feel you’re responsible enough for it.

Terra: So awhile then.

Stephen: Hey... Shut up. Please Mr. Bores, that was a fluke.

Bores: (Big sigh) Ah whatever, take it, you vulture.

Stephen: Awesome, thanks.

Bores: (Stands up.) Well, I’m off. I gotta go to the doctor. I’ll see you guys tomorrow.

Terra: You getting your cast off?

Bores: No, I just got another MRI done, I’m getting the results back. (Crosses fingers) Let’s hope for the best.

Jack: Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooookay, whatever you say Bores.

(Bores gives him a blank stare)

Lance: What was it, two years since you first got diagnosed?

Bores: Yep, two years ago Wednesday.

Lance: But they said it probably wouldn’t come back.

Bores: Probably.

 Terra: Well, even if, you beat it before. You can do it again.

Bores: Well, let’s just hope it doesn’t come back.

Jack: Oh, it’s coming back.

Bores: You know, if I wasn’t your teacher I’d punch you square in the nose. (Laughs)

Jack: Too bad you are. (Laughs)

Bores: (Looks at watch) Well, I really got to go. My appointments at 3:30. See you guys tomorrow. I still gotta get a cake too.

Stephen: A cake? Who’s birthday?

Bores: My wife’s.

Stephen: You’re married?

Bores: (Points to ring on his finger) Well, for the third time, see you guys tomorrow.

Jack: See ya.

Bores: Don’t do anything stupid tonight.

Lance: Oh, we’ll do something stupid. You don’t have to worry about that.

Bores: Haha, okay. Bye. (Walks out of room, gang waves.)

(Bus goes across the screen. Terra notices.)

Terra: Aw, great. I told you guys we were gonna miss it.

Lance: It’s alright. I got this. (Goes out the door.) Hey, Bores... Bores?

(Bores pretends not to hear him and speeds up down the hallway.)

Jack: Okay then.

Terra: Okay, now what? I’m not walking.



Scene 2: Road/ Jacks house

(Cut to them walking on the roadside (bare stage, maybe an outdoor backdrop). Terra looking annoyed.)

Jack: One of us really needs to get our license.

Lance: Okay, you first.

Jack: God no.

Terra: We’re a bunch of bums. (Looks at Stephen.) Especially you.

Stephen: Hey, what’d I do?

Terra: You know. (Approaches corner of a street.) Well, this is my stop. I’m’ma go change. I’ll see you guys tonight.

(They all wave goodbye)

Jack: See ya.

(They continue walking, not speaking for a moment.)

Lance: Seriously, who were you telling you love?

Jack: I told you, JC that snitch I meant in the club.

Stephen: You guys make no sense. I’m so confused.

Jack: Good. It’s an inside joke.

(They continue walking for a bit. Stephen turns to them.)

Stephen: Oh, that’s fun for me. I’ll see you d-bags later tonight.

(Jack flips Stephen off while Lance waves good-bye. When Stephen leaves, stage crew comes on and set up the stage design for Jacks house as Jack and Lance walk around. One of the crew hands Jack a couple letters. Cut to Jacks house. Jack and Lance are just now walking in. Jack is carrying the mail.)

Jack: Well, here we are at my house now.

Lance: Yes. Yes we are. Good observation. What’s that? (points to the mail)

Jack: Just college stuff really.

Lance: Any good offers?

Jack: (Sifts through the mail) Uhhhhhh, no, just Akron and BG again.
They really want me. (Points to himself) It’s kinda annoying.

Lance: Hey, at least you get offers.

Jack: It’s not my fault you get bad grades.

Lance: Yeah, cos you get the best grades.

Jack: Merit Roll snitch. Just wait till you get your ACT score, I bet you did good on it.

Lance: I don’t know, hopefully. Where you wanna go?

Jack: I don’t know, if I don’t go to the NAVY for some reason my number 1 is probly Dayton. Where do you want?

Lance: I don’t know. I’ll be lucky if I even get accepted to Bowling Green.

Jack: Hahahaha loser.

Lance:  (Begins to walk away.) Whatever, forget you then.

Jack: Oh, stop being such a pansy. I’m kidding.

(They walk in the living room and sit down.)

Lance: I just wish I had money to go to a college.

Jack: Rob a bank.

Lance: I’ll get right on that.

Jack: Just do what everyone does.

Lance: What’s that?

Jack: Take out a ginormous bank loan and be in debt the rest of your life.

Lance: Eh, sounds good I guess.

Jack: (Walks into the kitchen and opens the fridge. Gets out a can of pop.) You want something to drink?

Lance: (From the other room.) Uhhh, what do you got?

Jack: Let’s see, ummmmm, apple juice, red kool aid, some purple stuff, and  mountain dew.

Lance: Dew me.

Jack: (Takes out another pop and begins to walk back.) Alrighty then... Dude, this party tonight is gonna be awesome.

Lance: I know. If only we didn’t have to wait a couple hours.


Scene 3: Jacks house- Party/ Mr. Bores’ house/ Friday Night


(Cut to the party. Reasonable amount of people. Some people are inside the house drinking, while some are outside. Song.)

Terra: (Whisper) I hate it when you guys drink. I feel left so out.

Stephen: (Looking spaced out) What?

Terra: (Leans over to Stephen) I said I hate it when you guys drink.

Stephen: Oh, sorry, I just got finished with a J.

Terra: (Look of distain.) Ugh.

(Cut to Mr. Bores walking into his house. Its very quiet, very contrary to the party scene. Bores walks in and carries what looks like groceries and puts down a prescription on a table. He walks around. As he walks, various shots around his house. Show a picture of him and woman, presumed to be his wife. In his kitchen, he gets out the cake he just got and sits down at the table.)

(Cut back to the party. The Gang are in the living room fraternizing. Jack and Lance are arguing over whats easier to play, bass or drums. Terra is drawing in her sketchbook and Stephen is spaced out watching t.v. The front door begins to open.)

Lance: Looks like my ma’s here.

(Lance’s mom walks in.)

Jack: JC! (Gives her a hug)

Jean: Hey, d********g.

Jack: How was the club last night? You get lucky?

Tony: (Walks by and smacks her butt) Yes.

(Jean kicks him as he passes)

Jean: (Looks at their drinks) What are you guys drinking?

Jack: (Holds up cup) Uhh, Hawaiian Punch.

Terra: I’m not drinking anything.

Stephen: (Spaced out) What?

Lance: Mountain Dew.

Jean: That better be. I don’t feel like going to jail tonight.

(Just then Luke walks in with a bottle of alcohol.)

Luke: (Excited) Hey guys, guess what I brought? (Holds up bottle)

Jean: (Takes bottle from him.) Thank you.

(She leaves. The Gang are left there.)

Jack: Sooooo...

Lance: Anyone wanna go to Kroger?

Terra: For what?

Lance: I don’t know, energy drinks.

(They all look at each other and shrug.)

Jack: I’m game.

Terra: Eh, why not?

Lance: Alright. I’m leading the parade!

(They all leave except Stephen, who’s still sitting down. Jack comes back to get him.)

(Cut back to Mr. Bores at his house. He is sitting down on a couch/ recliner watching t.v. with the cake half eaten next to him. Also next to him is a picture of him and his wife. He picks it up and looks at it for a couple seconds, and sets it back down. He then walks over to the table he put his prescription, pops a couple and puts the holder in his pocket. He walks to his room and lies down in his queen size bed. At his bed side table is a picture of him and the Gang. He smiles faintly, and closes his eyes.)

(Montage of the Gang walking to Kroger, doing various crazy things. Song. Anyways, it ends with the Gang walking out of Kroger in the parking lot when Jack throws a penny at Lance. The Gang walk out of shot, and we pan in to the penny on the ground. We see the penny from being at night time transition to day time. In day, we hear someone walk up. Then we see Mr. Bores’s boot cast thing. He picks up the penny, examines it, and gets ran over by a car.)



Scene 4: Jacks house- day after party


(Cut to Lance waking up dizzily. He looks at his phone and notices it’s sometime after 3. He sobers up.)

Lance: Crap! Guys! Wake up!

(Jack remains motionless. As does Stephen. Terra wakes up.)

Terra: What? What’s the matter?

Lance: It’s 3:15. We were supposed to meet Bores at 2:30. We gotta go. (He kicks Stephen.)

Stephen: What?

Lance: Wake up, Jack, we gotta go.

Jack: Leave me alone, Lance.

Lance: MOM, GET UP! YOU GOTTA TAKE US TO STAR LANES!

(Jean walks in.)

Jean: Stop yelling. I tried to wake you guys up like, an hour ago. But you all just laid there.

Lance: (Checks phone.) Wait. Bores left me a voice mail. (He puts it on speaker.)

Bores: (From Lances phone) Hey Lance, I just wanted to call to let you guys know I’m running a little late. But I got good news from the doctor, I’ll tell you when I see you. But, yeah, I’m at Kroger now getting some snacks. I’ll be there in about 15 minutes. Alright, see you there. Bye. Ooh, a penny. (End of voicemail.)

Terra: When was that?

Lance: (Looks at phone.) 10 minutes ago. Thank God, we got five minutes. (Looks at Jack.) Wake up! (Hits him with a pillow)

Jack: Fine. God, you don’t have to get all moody. It’s not like he’s not gonna be there.

(They all scramble out of the house, looking like a bunch of scrubs. Once out of the house, leaving all the party goers there still sleeping.)






Scene 5: Funeral

(Cut to Bores funeral. Everyone left his gravesite besides the Gang.)

Stephen: How do you run over somebody in a parking lot?

Jack: The guy was reaching for his cell phone or some bull crap like that.

Terra: I can’t believe he’s gone.

Stephen: How do you run over somebody in a parking lot?

Jack: (Looks at him angrily) I don’t know.

(Lance is staring at his tombstone in a daze. Song/ I’m Alright. Terra puts her hand on his shoulder.)

Terra: You alright?

Lance: Well, my favorite teacher slash mentor just died on the way to meet me for a game of bowling, but other than that I’m alright.

Stephen: He’s in a better place now.

Jack: Maybe not, he was kind of a jerk.

(They all look at him angrily)

Jack: What? I’m kidding. Can’t you guys take a joke. But he didn’t give us a ride that one day. I know he heard you.

Lance: He had to go to his doctors appointment.

Terra: He never got a chance to tell us what his good news was.

Stephen: Probly had something to do with the appointment.

Lance: Probly.  

(Just then a strange man walks up to them with a piece of paper.)

Lawyer: Excuse me. (Looks at paper.) Are you guys Lance Dawsette, Jack Plant, Stephen Jasper, and Terra Colin- Cloin-

Terra: Colincough. It’s weird, I know.

Lawyer: Yeah. Anyway, Mr. Bores asked me to find you guys if this such occasion should occur. My name’s Luna Johnson.

Jack: Find us, why?




Scene 6: Lawyers Office

(Cut to the Gang being escorted into an office by the Lawyer. Inside, they sit down.)

Lawyer: Apparently, Mr. Bores was the kind of guy who liked to think ahead.  (Pulls from his desk a VHS tape.)

Stephen: Wait, who are you?

Terra: Stephen, he told us like 10 times he was Mr. Bores’s lawyer.

Stephen: But how does he know us?

Terra: He found us at the funeral.

Stephen: I don’t know, he seems fishy to me. He wants something.

(The Lawyer has a confused look on his face.)

Terra: What could he possibly want?

Stephen: I don’t know, I’m still trying to figure that out. Maybe your dress or something. He said it looked nice earlier.

Jack: Stephen, just shut up.

Stephen: Alright, I will, but when this snake in the grass snatches up your dress, don’t come complaining to me because you’re cold.

(Awkward pause.)

Lawyer: Okay then, (holds up VHS) Mr. Bores ma-

Stephen: That a VHS? What is this, the stone age?

Lance: Stephen. Shut. UP!

Lawyer: Mr. Bores made a video for you guys to watch.

(He gets up to put it in.)

Jack: Now?

Lawyer: Right now.

(He puts it in. Show Mr. Bores in the tape.)

Mr. Bores: (On the video) Hey guys! Guess what? I’m dead. Now, I know you all are probly still in the process of grieving heavily about it. But... pay attention Stephen!

(Stephen wakes up startled, and watches the movie.)

Mr. Bores: Did I call it? I thought I would. Anyways, I made this video because, about a week ago. A week ago when I filmed this, not when your watching it. Anyway, a week ago I got diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer... again. The mortality rate for Pancreatic Cancer is 80 percent. Now, I’m no mathematician, I’m a Psychology  teacher, but the chances I’ll pull through this aren’t very good. Especially since I already did it once. I’ve called you all here, Lance, Jack, Terra, (angrily) Stephen, because I have a secret to share with you. I... am a millionaire. And I am gay. (Pause.) I’m kidding, I’m not a millionaire. (Pause) Just kidding again, I am a millionaire. But seriously, I’m not gay... Or am I? Okay, this has gone on for way too long. I am a millionaire. I am not gay... Jack. (Wink).
(Jack scrunches his face)
Mr. Bores: I won my fortune 1st, in 1996, playing the lottery. Ah, that was a glorious day. But I didn’t want to retire, I loved teaching, still do. And I didn’t want anything to change, like the way people thought of me. And I deffinantly didn’t want people bothering me for cash all the time, so I put it all in the bank and told no one. But that was just 40 million. I won most of my fortune in 2004, when I decided to play the lotto again for gigs. And what do you know, I won again. How lucky and unlucky can one guy be at the same time?  All together I’ve got about 150 million. Now, seeing as my wife died a couple years ago, and myself being infertile, I have no successor for my wealth. So I’ve decided to give you guys, being my most beloved students, even you, Stephen, a chance to acquire it. But it won’t be easy, because, why should I just give my millions to you. I want you to earn it. Being my favorite students isn’t enough.  Anyways, you guys will go through some tasks to find it, but heres the rub, you guys have till midnight tonight to find it, or I’m giving it to an orphanage. And please don’t get the police involved. It’s just, if they get involved, then they’ll probly go to the IRS and that’ll just be trouble. I mean, who care’s if I didn’t pay taxes for a couple decades or so? It’s not like I killed anyone.  I don’t know, that’s just all I wanted to say. Bye!... Wait a minute, I still have to give you guys your first clue. Sorry, I got a little excited there. You’ll find your first clue at Great Wolf. Its an easy one. Of the about 100 built, you’ll find it at the 7th. Good luck you guys. Bores. Out. (Tape Ends)

Terra: Well...

Jack: A millionaire... He’s a millionaire?

Lawyer: Yes, Mr. Bores was indeed a millionaire.

Jack: So this is all real?

Lawyer: You got it. (Looks at his watch.) If you guys want to get that money than you better get going.

Terra: How many clues are there?

Lawyer: I’m afraid I can’t say that.

Terra: So you know?

Lawyer: I can’t say that either.

Terra: Why can’t you say that?

Stephen: Ah ha! We caught you now. See, you guys, this snake in the grass is trying to hide stuff from us. He wants the money for himself!

Jack: Why do you keep using the term snake in the grass, that’s like the third time you’ve said it today?

Stephen: Why does it matter? Would you rather me call him a jabroni or something?

(Lance, Jack, and Terra look at each other and nod.)

Jack: That works, jabroni’s nice. I have no idea what that means, but whatever.

Stephen: I think it’s a guido term.

Jack: Uhh, dude I hate Jersey Shore.

Lawyer: I’m not trying to take anything. It’s just that I’m legally obliged not to say anything about the money other than previously stated on the video.

Stephen: Okay, don’t try to confuse us with your legal mumbo jumbo. Face it, your a crook. You know it, I know it, and they know it.

Lawyer: You have no circumstantial evidence to prove that.

Stephen: There you go again with your fancy lawyer lingo.

Lance: That’s enough, Stephen. Hey, can we have that video?

Lawyer: Yeah. (Takes it out and hands it to him.) You better hurry though. Remember, you have till midnight. Or you get nothing.

Lance: Thanks. I’ll keep it in mind. Let’s go guys. (They all wave (besides Stephen) and leave. As Stephen leaves, he gives the Lawyer the “I’m watching you” sign.)


Scene 7: Lance’s garage


(The Gang are sitting around Daniel’s garage. Jack and Lance are looking at something on Lances laptop, Terra is sketching, and Stephen is spaced out.)

Lance: Of the 100 built, you can find it at the 7th?

Jack: Hmmm... Rooms right? Obviously rooms. Terra, what’d you think?

Terra: (Sketching) Yep. That sounds good.

Jack: Alright, rooms it is. But we have no clue what the clue looks like.

Lance: That could be a problem.

(A car pulls in the driveway. Three people get out of the car. Lances aunt Patty, 15 year old cousin Kassidy, and 16 year old cousin Kassandra, who has a digital camera with her. They walk up.)

Patty: Hey.

The Gang: Hey.

Patty: What’re you guys up to?

Lance: We just came from our teachers funeral. We’re trying to find money he’s giving to us if we can track it down before midnight.

Patty: Nice. (Walks inside the house.)

Kassidy: (Walks by Lance) Butt-hole.

(Kassandra is about to walk in. Lance stops her)

Lance: So what’d you guys do today?

Kassandra: (Looking at camera) Just got back from Cedar Point.

Lance: Busy?

Kassandra: Kind of.

 Lance: (Looks at camera) Let me see. (Takes camera, Kassandra rolls her eyes at him. He looks at some pictures of Kassandra and Kassidy, in the background is the Great Wolf. By some shrubbery is a yellow envelope. Lance looks closely at it.)

Lance: When was this?

Kassandra: A couple days ago.

Lance: (To Jack) Look at this...

(Jack comes over, then Terra, then Stephen.)

Stephen: You think that’s the clue?

Terra: It looks promising.

(Beat. Lance looks in deep thought. He then snaps back to reality.)

Lance: Okay, heres what we do...

(Song)

Lance: If we all go to Great Wolf it’ll look suspicious. So-

Stephen: How?

Lance: A bunch of teenagers who haven’t checked in roaming the halls?Great Wolf throws kids out all the time for stuff like that.

Stephen: Name one time.

Lance:I don’t know. Whatever. It happens. So we have to split up for a bit. Me and someone else will go to Great Wolf while the rest stay here.

Jack: Okay Freddy.

Terra: Freddy?

Jack: From Scooby Doo. Fred always made the group split up for the stupidest reasons.

Stephen: Wait so if he’s Fred (points to Lance), who am I?

Jack: Hmmm... Well, I’d say you show the traits of Shaggy I personally think.

Stephen: Yes!

Jack: And I’d say you (to Terra) have a Velma feel to you, and you (Kassandra) have a Daphne thing going on.

Lance: So you’re Scooby?

Jack: I’d say so, by order of elimination.

Lance: F that.

Jack: Sorry man, that’s just the way it is.

Lance: Whatever, you can be the dumb dog.

Jack: Dumb? Scooby could talk, he was obviously one of the smartest dogs out there.

Lance: Yeah, but Scrappy could talk too, and without a lisp, so I’d say he’s smarter than Scooby, he’s just younger and more immature. And you know that white dog, I forgot his name, but he was a dumb hick type dog. He could talk too. And I’m pretty sure he was inbred. So if inbredness runs in Scooby’s family, there’s a good chance he’s inbred too. Congratulations, you just chose to be a dumb inbred dog.

Jack: Inbredness? Are you sure you’re not the dumb one?

Lance: Okay, what word would you have used?

Jack: I don’t know. Inbreeding? And just because he talks with a lisp doesn’t mean he’s dumb. He’s still a really smart dog compared all others.

Lance: If you think inbredness is smart.

Jack: Inbredness is not a word.

Lance: Whatever, shut up. As I was saying, we need to split up, me and some one else, while the rest stay here.
 
Kassandra: I’ll go with you.

Lance: You want to?

Kassandra: What do I have better to do?

Lance: Alright, but you’re not getting any of the money if we find it.

Kassandra: Whatever.

Lance: Okay then. (Turns to the door into the house) MOM!!! TAKE ME AND KASSANDRA TO GREAT WOLF!!!!!




Scene 9: Lances garage/ School

(Terra, Jack, and Stephen are just sitting around.)

Jack: So, what’re we supposed to do, wait till they get back to do anything?

Stephen: Sounds good to me.

Terra: No, (to Jack) you’re right, we should be doing something.

Jack: Let’s go to the school. Maybe there’s a clue in Bores’s room or something.

Stephen: Sounds good to me.

(Stage Crew comes on again as Terra, Jack, and Stephen walk around the stage singing a little ditty called: Walking to Bores’s Room. When the crew is finished setting the stage, Terra, Jack, and Stephen stop singing and find themselves in Mr. Bores’s room. Terra digs through his desk while Jack is looking through cabinets and Stephen is sitting down playing a game on his laptop.)

Terra: You find anything?

Jack: Nope.

Stephen: I’ll let you know when I do.

(Terra closes a drawer and sits down, deflated. Jack closes the cabinet.)

Terra: (To herself) Crap.

Jack: Well, I’m glad that wasn’t a giant waste of time.

Stephen: At least we tried.

Terra: (Taken back.) What do you mean we? Me and Jack are the only ones doing anything. Your just playing stupid games on the computer.

Stephen: What do you want me to do? You guys look like you have everything covered.

Terra: Do something! Help Jack look through the cabinets, it’ll take less time if two people do it. You do nothing. All you do is sit around and smoke!

Stephen: Hey... Screw you!

Jack: Alright guys, enough of this bull crap. We didn’t find anything, oh well, let’s just go to Lance’s and wait for him to get back, and we’ll move on from there.

Terra: Whatever.

Jack: Now shake hands and make up.

Terra: What is this, kindergarden?

Jack: Apparently, you guys are acting like it.

(Stephen gets up and extends his hand. Terra reluctantly shakes it. Jack looks pleased.)

(Jack and Stephen begin to leave the room. As Terra gets up from the desk, she notices a lock on the side of a drawer. She tries to pull at it, but it won’t open.)

Terra: Hey guys, come here.

(They walk back and look at the drawer. Jack tries to open it.)

Jack: That’s interesting.





Scene 9: Great Wolf

(Cut to Lance and Kassandra at Great Wolf, walking through the front door.)

Kassandra: So how long do you think the clue’s been there?

Lance: I don’t know.

(As they walk, pan to the lawyer, who is leaving, looking at them. Kassandra looks at him, Lance doesn’t notice. Kassandra and Lance are walking up to the place the photo was taken.)

Lance: You sure this is the spot?

Kassandra: (Looking at her camera.) Yeah, it was right there.

Lance: Well, it’s not there now.

Kassandra: (Mocking him.) Really? It’s not there now? I didn’t know that, thanks for telling me.

Lance: Shut up.

Kassandra: (Calms down.) Someone probly took it to lost and found.

Lance: Probly not.

Kassandra: Well, its worth a shot, let’s go.

Lance: Whatever.

(They walk away. Kassandra and Lance sitting outside the lost and found. Lance has a pretzel or something.)

Lance: Well, this sucks.

Kassandra: (Deflated) Yeah.

Lance: Who could’ve taken it?

Kassandra: (Points around the place. Either a lot of people are there, or none at all.) Take your pick.

Lance: (Pulls out his phone) F it, let’s get outta here. I’m’ma call my ma.

Kassandra: K.

(Cut to Jean just pulling into the driveway as her phone rings. She answers angrily.)

Jean: What?!

Lance: (Through phone) Mom! Pick us up from Great Wolf.

Jean: Oh no no no no no no no. You guys can walk.

Lance: Come on, we don’t have time to walk, we only have like 32 hours to get the money.

Jean: If you want pizza tonight then you and Kassandra will walk!

Lance: If you want some of the money we find, you’ll pick us up. See ya. (Hangs up)

Jean: Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa----!!!!!!!!!

(They begin to walk out. As they walk out Lance throws the pretzel away. Kassandra, behind Lance, notices something in the trash bin Lance threw the pretzel in. She reaches in. End scene)






Scene 10: School

(Cut back to the school.)

Terra: Ew, don’t take that out of the trash!

Stephen: (Cut to Stephen picking an apple out of the trash bin) What? It’s a full ripe apple. (Starts to clean it.) It looks pretty good too, I don’t know why anyone would throw it away.
 
 (Jack and Terra are trying to get the lock open. After several attempts, they give up and sit down.)

Jack: Well, this sucks.

Terra: Now what?

Jack: (Pulls out his phone, and starts texting.) I don’t know, text Lance. See what he’s up to too.

Stephen: You. You have your phone out.

Jack: I’m in the middle of another text.

Stephen: Whatever. (Pulls out his phone and starts texting)

Terra: There’s gotta be a key somewhere around here.

Jack: It’s probly another clue.

Stephen: You think one of the janitors has a hacksaw or something.

Terra: I don’t think so.

Jack: (Walks over to the lock.) It wouldn’t cut through it anyway. This lock isn’t going anywhere. (He tugs on it and it opens. They look in amazement)

(Cut to Jean pulling the car into the driveway. Lance open’s the door to get out. As he does his phone rings. He answers.)

Stephen: (From phone) Lance!

Lance: Yeah, what’s up, where you guys at?

Stephen: The school, you won’t believe what we found.

Lance: What’d you find?

Stephen: Come here.

Lance: Just tell me.

Stephen: No, you gotta come here.

Lance: D********g, just tell me.

Stephen: No.

Lance: Tell me!

Stephen: No! I’ll tell you when you get here.

(They go back and forth until Stephen hangs up. They walk into Bores’s room to see Terra, Jack, and Stephen looking at a map. There is a circle on the map with an arrow pointing to it that says “prize here?”. In the background Stephen is eating the apple.)

Lance: I think my mom’s gonna pop an artery cause she’s so mad. What’s this?

Terra: Bores’s map.

Lance: His map? Does it say where the money is?

Jack: (Points at the map.) Yeah. Oakland.

Lance: Well, that’s quite the hike.

Jack: Cemetery. You find the clue?

Lance: Yeah. (Pulls out the envelope.) Does it matter now? We know where the money is.

Jack: You might as well open it.

Lance: Eh, nah.

(Terra takes the envelope from him and opens it. Inside is a key and a piece of paper with an address.)

Lance: I think I know where he want’s us to go next.

Kassandra: His house?

Lance: I don’t know, where ever this address says.

Jack: Well, we have his map that says where the money is. Why don’t we just go there?

Lance: Does it say where at in the cemetery?

Jack: (Looks at the map.) No... But I have a great idea.



Scene 11: Cemetery

(Cut to the Gang standing in front of Mr. Bores’s grave. Stephen and Lance have shovels.)

Terra: This is a terrible idea.

Kassandra: I’m freezing.

Jack: Where else in the cemetery do you think it would be?

Terra: I don’t know, but I don’t think he went through all of this just so we could dig him up.

Jack: You never know, we might as well try.

Lance: I’m gonna have to side with Terra on this one, Jack.

Jack: What?

Lance: Look at us. At a graveyard in the middle of the day ready to dig up our teacher in hopes he buried himself with his money. Even if the money is there, the ground is frozen solid. There’s no way we could dig to it. This is crazy.

Stephen: Yeah, I feel kinda weird.

Kassandra: Me too. ( She notices the Lawyer sitting in a car about 60 yards away from them.) Hey, who’s that? (Points at him. They all turn to the car.)

Lance: Who?

Jack: That the Lawyer?

Stephen: Luna?

Jack: What’s he doing here?

Lance: I don’t know... (Begins to walk towards the car.) Let’s find out.

(He starts to walk towards the car. The Lawyer notices, and begins to back away. Chase scene ensues. Song. End the chase by The Lawyer escaping out the back exit. The Gang gather, winded.)

Stephen: I told you guy’s he was up to no good. Why would he try to run away from us if he wasn’t?

Lance: I don’t know.

Kassandra: He was at Great Wolf too. I saw him walking out as we were getting there.

Jack: Well, this is just great. I guess digging is out of the question now.

Lance: Yeah, pretty much.

Jack: What do you suppose we do then?

Lance: (Stops and thinks) Let’s go to his house. See what’s going on there. If we get stuck on a clue or something we’ll come back here, under cover of darkness.

Stephen: (Begins to walk away.) Good, cos I’m freezin’ my nibblets off. Just let me take a whiz first.

Terra: In the middle of the cemetery?

Stephen: So, no ones here.

Terra:We just found someone spying on us.

Stephen: If anyone want’s to watch me pee, be my guest. I don’t care.

(He walks up to a tree.)




Scene 12: Bores’s house

Jack: (Looking at something) Oh... My... God.

Lance: What, you find something?

Jack: This cake is so stale. (Pan to the cake Bores had earlier where he left it. Jack pokes it)

Stephen: (From another room) Hey guys, come here!

(The Gang enter Mr. Bores’s room where they see Stephen holding the picture Bores looked at earlier. The Gang look at it.)

Terra: Hey, I remember that. Sophomore year, right?

Jack: Yeah.

Lance: God, I look so fat.

Stephen: It was right next to this arrow.

Jack: Let me see it.

(Stephen hands Jack the picture and he opens the frame. In the frame is another piece of paper. Jack unfolds it, and begins to read it.)

Jack: (Reading) You found the last clue, way to go. Why I’m rhyming, I don’t know. If you want the money, go back to where you begin’d, for that is where your journey will end.

Stephen: Wow. He is a terrible rhymer.

Lance: Not one of his strong suits. Okay, so where did we start?

Jack: The school?

Lance: That’s what I was thinking, but you guys already looked around there.

Terra: Maybe we missed something.

Stephen: Maybe you should shut up. I don’t wanna go back there, we looked all over.

Terra: Oh my God, you didn’t do anything. Stop being a cotton headed ninny muggins.

Stephen Okay, Buddy.

Lance: Okay, enough of these shenanigans. We’re going to the school, get over it Spencer. Jack. What time is it?

Jack: (Texting) What? Oh. Uhhh, 4:48.

Lance: Alright. I’m’ma call mis madre.

(Stephen, Terra, and Kassandra walk out of the room. Lance walks into the bedroom.)

Lance: Hey, ma?... pick us up... Yeah, Bores’s house... I know we’ve only been here like five minutes, why don’t you just stay with us... No, you don’t have a life of your own, stop lying to yourself... 10 minutes. Okay, love you, bye. (Hangs up.) She’s on her way.

(Kassandra begins to wander around the house. As she wanders off, a person wearing all black steps out of a shadow to sneak up on Kassandra and make Kassandra go unconscious by way of chloroform on a paper towel. He drags her off screen. As this happens Stephen goes to the bathroom. He looks at the toilet.)

Stephen: I don’t know why I gotta pee so much today.

(As he pees a girl in all black sneaks up behind him, wrench in hand. Stephen turns around, sees her, and screams like a little girl. She responds by knocking him out with the wrench.)

(Terra hears the scream and looks around curiously.)

Terra: Stephen? You alright? You get caught in your zipper again?

(She begins to walk towards the bathroom as another guy, dressed in black sneaks up on her and sedates her with a chloroform cloth.)

(As all this happens Jack is looking at various pictures and books, and Lance is laying on Bores’s bed.)

Lance: It’s kinda quiet isn’t it?

Jack: I don’t know, I guess. Why?

Lance: Terra, Stephen and Kassandra have been gone a while.

(The first guy sneaks up behind Jack as he talks.)

Jack: Maybe they got kidnapped.

Lance: Yeah, right.

Jack: Yeah, I’m next.

(As he says this the guy sedates him with the chloroform cloth. the other two come out and they converge on Lance.)

Lance: (Oblivious) Yeah, then I’d be the only one left. I wonder what they’d do.

Girl in all black: Hit you with a wrench.

Lance: What?

(He looks up and gets hit with a wrench. But it doesn’t knock him out.)

Lance: Ow!!! What the hell was that for?!!! That really hurt!!!

(The girl begins to wail on Lance till he is unconscious. The three then start a nice little Song. Curtains down.)
































Act 2:
Scene 1: Perkins Auditorium

(Curtains up. Stephen and Terra are bound to chairs unconscious. Stephen begins to stir and wake. He looks around, startled.)

Stephen: Terra... Terra, wake up.

(Terra groggily comes to.)

Terra: Wh- What happened? Where are we?

Stephen: I don’t know. I think the stage.

Terra: At school?

Stephen: Yeah. I don’t know where Jack, Lance and Kassandra are. Are you okay?

Terra: I guess I am, you?

Stephen: Yeah, besides being tied to a chair at school after I was kidnapped for some reason.

Terra: Do you still have that knife?

Stephen: The one Mr. Bores gave me?

Terra: No, the other one. Yes, that knife.

Stephen: I think so... Yes, I can feel it. Why?

Terra: Can you reach it in your pocket?

(Stephen strains to get his hand in his pocket and grab the knife.)

Stephen: Okay, I got it. Now what do I do?

Terra: Use it to cut the rope you moron.

Stephen: You don’t have to name call. You’re always so mean to me.

Terra: Just do it.

(Stephen begins to take the knife out, when the kidnappers burst in.)

Mark: Hey, you two. Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey.

Tom: Where’s the money?

Stephen: What are you talking about? Who are you?

Scarlet: Shut your filthy mouth. We’ll be asking the questions.

Tom: Where’s the money?

Stephen: What money?

Mark: Don’t play stupid. We know you’re looking for Bores’s cash.

Terra: How do you know Mr. Bores had a lot of money?

Scarlet: Well be asking the questions!!!

Tom: Where’s the money?!

Terra: Now you guys are just getting really redundant.

(At this point the kidnappers get angry and break out into a Song. At the end of which they leave. Stephen and Terra are left alone.)

Stephen: Do you think there’s musical practice tomorrow?

Terra: I don’t know, I’m not in the musical. Probly, why?

Stephen: I was just wondering, cos if those guys kill us and leave us here, the musical people would be the first ones to find our bodies.

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Very interesting, ill finish this later. Are you a big movie buff?