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Act 1, Chapter 5
We Will Do Anything
Rumour has it – there's a Krawl still lurking around. Without Rallen and Jeena around, Dyrus forces Zig, Beht and Gorrik to bring the Krawl to him to finally sell it to a zoo.
1, OVER BLACK
DYRUS: Come again? Can you repeat that for me?
BEHT: Alrighty, Boss. Rumour has it – there's a giant Krawl still lurking around in the desert. And without those two space officers around, who's going to deal with it?
2, GREAT DESERT - NIGHT
The desert is vast. It’s as if it’s the middle of nowhere. The moon brightly shines above it. Zig, Beht and Gorrik walk around carrying shovels, some rope and a torch each.
ZIG: Ain’t that the stupidest thing you ever said.
BEHT: I’m sorry.
ZIG: Say it again and mean it.
BEHT: I’m sorry.
ZIG: Forget it! What’ll it do anyway?
GORRIK: Look on the bright side! We’ve got a load of cash coming our way.
BEHT: I mean, that is only if we get back alive. Or at least in one piece. …Each, I mean.
GORRIK: Oh God…!
ZIG: Hey, we’re losin’ focus, here. Now, if ya don’t wanna upset the boss, we better kick it up a notch, for reals this time!
GORRIK: You got it!
BEHT: Yessir!
They keep searching.
This takes a while.
The desert is still as wide as ever.
Now, Beht looks and shines a torch under a mildly large rock.
BEHT: Nope, no sign of it here, either.
ZIG: You gotta be kiddin’. Beht, what makes ya think it’d be there?
BEHT: Who knows? We’ve been looking so long; it could be anywhere.
Zig and Gorrik continue walking down the desert.
ZIG: Yeah, whatever! (To Beht) C’mon now, we’re movin’ on.
GORRIK: He’s got a point when you think about it, Zig!
ZIG: No he don’t; you know he’s smarter than that. *He* knows he’s smarter than that. The thing must be huge.
Beht continues looking at the rock.
BEHT: (To himself) Eh. It was worth a shot.
Beht catches up to the other two.
ZIG: We ain’t got no weapons, no fancy tools, no nothin’! Just some lousy rope and a couple shovels for whatever reason the boss didn’t tell us.
BEHT: Heh heh… Maybe we’ll need them for when the worst comes, eh?
GORRIK: Eek! You don’t gotta be like that!!!
ZIG: Thinkin’ it now, we shoulda just let the krawl do its thing and then snuck into some space ferry.
GORRIK: The boss would kill us if we did that! We’d be dead meat. It's a worse fate than the krawl.
BEHT: Yeah, I agree. I’d rather get swallowed whole by that krawl any day than getting the boot.
ZIG: No kiddin’.
The krawl shows up from behind a rock. The same rock Beht was checking out.
GORRIK: AAH!!!
ZIG: Speak of the devil - it’s here!!!
BEHT: Won’t you look at that? It was near that rock, after all. Kinda funny, eh?
ZIG: Well, if you’re so brave, why don’tcha go ahead and get to it first?!
Zig throws the rope at Beht.
BEHT: Jeez, whatever.
Beht picks up the rope and walks towards the krawl.
BEHT: *Sigh* Hey there. I don’t know what you’re here for exactly, but I know you’re the one that’s gonna make the boss’ real happy… All despite him never seeing you once in his life, but I digress. I’ve got no clue about everyone else, but in my eyes, you’re worth bucketloads of cash. And if anything, I want a good chunk of it--
The krawl traps Beht in its giant mouth. Beht’s legs stick out.
ZIG/GORRIK: Aaah!!!
GORRIK: Oh my God, is he dead?!
ZIG: I dunno, but we’re gettin’ the hell outta here ASAP! I’m through with this job!
GORRIK: He’s still inside. I’ll try get him out!
ZIG: You go do that then!
Zig runs away.
ZIG: I’ll just tell the boss that Beht’s been injured, we had to go to some hospital, and we couldn’t get it done! Easy!
The krawl spits out Beht who gets caught by Gorrik.
BEHT: Ack!
GORRIK: I’ve got you, brother!
KRAWL: (Roars gibberish)
SUBTITLES: Bah! I give up! Bastard tasted like cologne and mints!
BEHT: Ugh… Gross.
GORRIK: Wow! You’re alive! You’re not dead!
BEHT: Sheesh. I’m never going through something like that again…
3, DYRUS’ CAMP - NIGHT
At Dyrus’ office, Dyrus reads a newspaper. Beht stands in front of him.
BEHT: And so, I never did.
DYRUS: Sounds bad. Are you really alright?
“Pan” outside the office.
BEHT (O.S) Heh heh, yeah. And we came across this really nice doctor-nurse person afterwards. Good stuff.
DYRUS: Right…
Over to behind a nearby building, Gorrik pins down one of Dyrus’ workers. Zig dresses the worker up as a krawl and it’s pretty convincing.
GORRIK: Wow, Zig! You’re a really good artist!
ZIG: Thank you!
WORKER: (Whimpering) I-I’ll do anything! Anything! I mean it! Just please let me go!
ZIG: If ya value your life, shut your damn trap and cooperate, will ya?!
WORKER: I-I have a wife and kids back at Wyterra! They’ll be worried sick if I’m not back soon!
ZIG: Get a hint! ‘Else Gorrik here’s gonna knock your lights out.
GORRIK: It’ll be just like taking a nap!
WORKER: I’m sorry!
ZIG: Damn right you are.
GORRIK: (To the worker) Don’t worry, things won’t be too bad! We’ll give you half our earnings when this is all over.
WORKER: Really?
ZIG: Wait, what?! Whaddaya sayin’, Gorrik?
GORRIK: I mean, if it helps him feel better, considering he won’t see his family again for a whiiile. Maybe a month. Or two, before we bail him out.
WORKER: Wh-what?
ZIG: (To Gorrik) That ain’t part of the plan, man! He’s headed for the zoo and that’s it! Just like the boss said!
WORKER: Excuse me - I’m what?!
Back to Beht and Dyrus.
BEHT: Yeah. So, in other words, we… About the krawl, we… Uh… *Sweating* We lost it…?
Zig and Gorrik run into Dyrus’ office carrying the worker dressed up as the krawl.
ZIG/GORRIK: We caught it!
DYRUS: What a load of bullshit!!!
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