Mystery Men Page #10

Shoveler, Bowler, and the Sphinx stand shoulder to shoulder, as

Invisible Boy, Spleen, Raja, and the Doc throw small stones at them...

They deflect the pebbles with shovel, bowling ball, and machete...

Theyre having fun. They're becoming a team...

EXT. OUTSIDE THE BARN - EVENING

Furious drinks alone, while the rest of our heroes sit around an old

picnic table, feasting on sodas and pizza (like a football team after a

great practice.) Raja explains the history of the situation to the

Sphinx.

RAJA:

Twenty years ago all the major hoodlums of this

city were united into one great brotherhood of

evil, and Casanova was their king.

SHOVELER:

Crime was rampant. It wasn't safe to stay in

your home.

BOWLER:

Much less go outside.

SHOVELER:

Then Captain Amazing appeared.

RAJA:

He busted Casanova and sent the crooks packing.

SHOVELER:

And this has been a pretty nice place to live

ever since.

FURIOUS:

(pissed off)

But now Casanova's back! And we're gonna sit

around here all night eating pizza and telling

stories! Hey, lets toast some marshmellows!

SPHINX:

The wise snake coils before he strikes.

FURIOUS:

(lunges at the Sphinx)

And a skunk stinks!

Furious and the Sphinx square off, their faces only inches apart.

SPHINX:

You drink too much.

FURIOUS:

When are you going to take off that mask?

SPHINX:

(pointedly)

When I am sure I am among friends.

RAJA:

Roy--

FURIOUS:

(snapping at him)

Go dance with your mother, Jeffrey!

ON THE RAJA, hurt.

SPHINX:

Your rage is a very great power, but it blinds

you to your heart.

FURIOUS:

My heart died a long time ago.

SPHINX:

It is not dead. It is hiding.

FURIOUS:

Blow it out your bean hole, Pancho!... And to

hell with the rest of you!... Look at you.

Bunch of rejects. I didn't need you before--

and I don't need you now!

(jumps on to his motorcycle)

The great ones RIDE ALONE!

(kicks the engine started)

Adios, muchachos!

(and he rides off across the field)

ON THE OTHERS, watching him...

BOWLER:

Has he always been like this?

EXT. COUNTRY ROAD - CONTINUOUS - CLOSE ON FURIOUS

the wind whipping against his face, as he rides his Harley at about a

hundred miles an hour... The languorous sound of an OLD DEAN MARTIN

SONG is heard as we...

FADE INTO:

MENORY SEQUENCE - DAY - CLOSE ON FURIOUS

as a little boy, sitting in the backseat of the family car. It is

thirty years ago, and Mister Furious is a sweet, very shy, well

behaved, perfectly normal three year old. His MOTHER and FATHER sit in

the front. Dean Martin is playing on the car radio. Little Furious

looks out the window and sees the Mohave Desert going by. A sign reads

"Las Vegas, 120 miles".

MOTHER:

(to husband)

Oh this place looks great.

An old sign reads "BAR" as the family car pulls into the parking lot of

a single adobe building out in the middle of nowhere. They park.

MOTHER:

Now honey, you just wait in the car. Mommy and

Daddy will be right beck.

They get out, lock the car and head for the bar, leaving the windows

up. Little Furious watches them go, never suspecting that his entire

life is about to change. He sits quietly in the backseat and plays

with the little superhero figurines that he's brought with him.

LITTLE FURIOUS:

Pow! Bang! Wham!

INSIDE THE BAR - CONTINUOUS

as the parents enter. A very Western motif. An old Gene Autrey song

is playing on the juke. The air conditioning is on.They're the only

customers in the place.

MOTHER:

It's nice and cool in here.

FATHER:

(as they sit at the bar)

Barkeep, a couple of cold ones.

CUT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN CAR AND BAR -

ANGLE ON THE MIDDAY SON - blazing down on the car...

as Little Furious still plays with his superheroes, but the interior is

starting to bake, and the sweat begins to pour ofr him. He looks out

at the bar. gettinq worried. He tries the windows, but they're

automatic and won't open...

Back in the bar his parents down shots of bourbon with their beers, as

the BARTENDER finishes telling them a joke.

BARTENDER:

And here's a banana for your monkey.

Mom and Dad have a good laugh.

BARTENDER:

Couple more?

FATHER:

You bet.

ANGLE FROM OUTSIDE TUE CAR as Little Furious, sweat and tears pouring

out of him, his hair wet and sticking out (and starting to take on that

familiar look), pounds on the window.

LITTLE FURIOUS:

Mommy! Daddy! Mommy! Daddy!

as back in the bar his parents, now very drunk, down more beers and

chasers as they play a spirited game of pinball.

ANGLE ON THE MOHAVE SUN - beating down mercilessly

barely able to breath, Little Furious flops back onto the seat, his

face a mask of heat and terror... But suddenly, a change begins to take

place in him, as some primordial defense mechanism kicks in... and his

fear begins to give way to rage... His teeth bare.

CLOSE ON HIS HANDS -

as they CRUSH the superhero figurines in their grasp...

While back in the bar his drunken parents dance a slow two step to Hank

Williams "Your Cheatin' Heart"...

EXT. TBE PARKING LOT - NIGHT - HANK WILLIAMS CONTINUES

as the big desert moon shines down on the family car, still parked

there.

INSIDE THE BAR - CONTINUOUS

The parents are asleep in a booth. Furious' mother wakes up, looks

around groggily, and in a moment of horror suddenly remembers...

MOTHER:

OH MY GOD!

THE PARKING LOT - A BEAT LATER

as she runs toward the car, hysterical.

MOTHER:

Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!

She unlocks the door, throws it open, and sees something that makes her

pull back in horror... Little Furious sits in the backseat. His hair

sticks out wildly, his face has become that now familiar mask of

prisordial rage. Another OLD DEAN MARTIN SONG is heard as we...

FADE INTO:

INT. THE DINER - NIGHT - CLOSE ON FURIOUS

sitting alone in the booth, a look of profound pain and lonliness on

his face; he is still that little boy. The Dean Martin song is playing

on the juke.

MONICA (0.S.)

Hi.

He looks up and sees Monica.

FURIOUS:

Hi.

MONICA:

Alone tonight?

FURIOUS:

Every night.

She smiles.

EXT. THE FRANKENSTEIN MANSION - CONTINUOUS

Armed Disco Boys guard the front entrance...

While on the hillside above Invisible Boy (looking through binoculars)

and the Spleen lie together on their bellies in the weeds, keeping the

mansion under surveillance.

SPLEEN:

(in a whisper)

Adolescence was the worst--The other kids made

fun of me, so I'd spit on them and they'd

scatter--I've never had a girlfriend--unless

you count that night with my cousin--She

recovered fully though--We exchange cards every

Christmas--Well, I send her one, and she sends

it back...

(spritzes somathing into his mouth,

then offers it to Invisible Boy)

Bug repellent?

Suddenly, the gates of the mansion open and several sedans... followed

by a truck, drive out...

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