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Story-line: The end is coming.
SCENE ONE
A camera operator, a producer, and a
reporter are on the street. They are scared of what they are seeing.
We hear sounds of explosions and sirens.
EMILY (the reporter)
Oh my God!
THE PRODUCER
Let's do it.
EMILY
I can't do it.
THE PRODUCER
Yeah. You can, and you will.
EMILY
I have to go back to Queens. My family
is waiting for me. You should be in your home, too.
THE PRODUCER
Stop it. You gonna do this thing.
PHIL (the camera operator)
If we refuse to do this shit, man?
THE PRODUCER
No way. You will be fired!
PHIL
Who cares? The world is ending!
EMILY
(Leaving.)
I gotta go home.
THE PRODUCER
Hey! Stay here, Emily!
EMILY
It's not a good idea.
THE PRODUCER
This is the business we've chosen.
EMILY
No, no, no.
THE PRODUCER
Who do you think you are? Never forget
that you are just a cog in the machine.
EMILY
But it's the end of the world.
THE PRODUCER
All right! All right! Maybe it will be the last breaking news of the world.
PHIL
Who will watch this shit?
THE PRODUCER
I don't know. I know that we have to do this.
(The producer points up.)
THE PRODUCER
Look! Professor Hamill is there!
(The producer hands a microphone to Emily.)
THE PRODUCER
Go there and talk to him.
EMILY
(A little annoyed.)
But… but…
THE PRODUCER
Go, go, go. You're the best reporter ever.
EMILY
All right!
(Professor Hamill is looking through
the telescope. Emily and the camera operator approach him.)
EMILY
Professor Hamill! Can you talk to us?
PROF. HAMILL
Take care, miss.
EMILY
It will be quick.
PROF. HAMILL
(Looking through the telescope.)
I knew! I knew! We did all the wrong
things, and now the chickens are coming home to roost.
EMILY
(To the camera operator.)
Phil... Let's do it!
PHIL
(Getting ready to shoot.)
OK. On the three.
EMILY
Right.
PHIL
One... two... three...
EMILY
(Distressful to the camera.)
Good evening to everyone! I'm Emily
Holmes, speaking to you from the Rockefeller Center. A terrible thing
is going on right now. Many New Yorkers fled from this place. But
Professor Hamill stayed here to figure out what was happening. The
President ordered the army and police to fight. Some volunteers joined
the forces as well. The moment is tense, and we are terrified. Oh my
God! What's going on with our city? In our world? Is it the end of
humankind? I don't know. I know that I'm very scared. Let's see if
Professor Hamill has some answers for us.
EMILY
Professor, may I begin our questions?
PROF.HAMILL
Yeah.
EMILY
What's happening?
PROF.HAMILL
I think it's over.
EMILY
Why?
PROF.HAMILL
All the nations made many walls and
gates on their borders, but they forgot to do the ceiling. The aliens
are coming from the heavens. It is the end!
(A flash of light fills the entire stage.)
Blackout.
END
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