Chapter Seven
by weirdDAR
(Monk walks away from the bowl-a-rama and heads to the gas station across the street, and walks right in. The door was unlocked, even though it's empty. Monk studies the room, hopeing for some sort of clue. After a minute, he notices a can of soy beans. He pulls out a whipe and picks it up the can, making sure he doesn't touch it. He lifts the can above his head and reads the label under the can.)
Monk: (Outloud, to himself)
Expires...in another month?
(He puts the can down and puts the whipe in his pocket. He continues looking around the store, until he notices movement in a corner. He slowly rushes to the area where the movement is coming from. And when he arrives, Sharona is sitting on the ground.)
Monk:
Sharona?
(Sharona opens her eyes, and groans.)
Sharona: (Barely)
Adrian?
(Monk kneels down, without placing his knees on the ground, beside Sharona.)
Monk:
What happened?
Sharona: (Still barely)
W-Water. Could you please get me a water?
(Monk gets up and goes over to the cooler, grabbing a water. He walks back towards Sharona and passes the counter. Monk thinks for a minute, and stops. He walks back towards the counter and pulls out a dollar bill and lays it down on the counter. Then he continues walking to Sharona. He kneels back down and opens the water bottle and hands it to her. She gulps it down.)
Monk:
So what happened?
(Sharona clears her throat and whipes her mouth.)
Sharona:
After you walked over to that person, I blacked out... and that was the last thing I remember.
Monk:
That's pretty weird.
Sharona:
So who was the person? Was it Trudy?
Monk:
No...Trinity. She looks like Trudy. Exactly like Trudy. But she's gone. I don't know where she went.
(Sharona gets up and Monk follows.)
Sharona:
So can we go now?
Monk:
I feel like we're so close though.
Sharona:
Adrian...
Monk:
Yeah, we'll go.
(They walk out the store, and stand there for a minute.)
Sharona:
Why did you stop walking?
Monk:
The soy beans in there...
Sharona:
What about them? Are you hungry?
Monk:
No, it's not that. They don't expire for another month.
Sharona:
So?
Monk:
Don't you get it? Usually canned food only has one month to expire. Think about it.
(Silence)
Sharona:
I still don't get it.
Monk:
Look around. This town is empty. But if that store has been keeping up on their stocks...then it wasn't deserted too long ago. Possibly deserted within a week ago.
Sharona:
Why only a week?
Monk:
No dust in the store, so someone had to be there.
Sharona:
Well we don't have to worry about it anymore, because we're leaving.
Monk:
No.
Sharona:
No?
Monk:
You're leaving. I'm staying. I want you to go back to town and find the captain. Tell him to bring a helicopter to Lakeside hotel in the morning to pick me up.
Sharona:
No, Monk. One, I won't leave you alone here, and Two, you hate flying.
Monk:
Helicopters don't go too high up. I think I could handle it.
Sharona:
I won't leave you here.
Monk:
You have to. I'm so close.
(Sharona sighs)
Sharona:
Why Lakeside hotel?
Monk:
Trudy wasn't in the park, and Lakeside hotel was really the only place we went to.
(Monk starts walking towards the exit of the town, Sharona follows)
Monk:
I'll walk you to the exit, but remember: Helicopter, around 8am.
Sharona:
Adrian.
(Monk turns to her.)
Sharona:
I'm scared. I'm scared I'll come back in the helicopter, and you'll be dead.
Monk:
Don't be afraid. I can handle it.
(They walk in silence, and oddly enough, the wall is now gone. They continue their walk all the way to the car. Sharona opens the door and stands there for a minute.)
Sharona:
Adrian, if I don't ever see you again, I want you to know I--
Monk: (Interrupting her.)
Don't talk like that, please. I will see you again. I promise--
(Sharona stops Monk in his words by quickly hugging him, and giving him a kiss on his lips. She pulls away slowly, and Monk is dead cold.)
Sharona:
Adrian?
(Monk clears his throat)
Monk:
I'll see you in the morning.
(Monk turns around and puts on the biggest smile you've seen on Monk, and he walks away, and Sharona drives away.)
To be continued...
by weirdDAR
(Monk walks away from the bowl-a-rama and heads to the gas station across the street, and walks right in. The door was unlocked, even though it's empty. Monk studies the room, hopeing for some sort of clue. After a minute, he notices a can of soy beans. He pulls out a whipe and picks it up the can, making sure he doesn't touch it. He lifts the can above his head and reads the label under the can.)
Monk: (Outloud, to himself)
Expires...in another month?
(He puts the can down and puts the whipe in his pocket. He continues looking around the store, until he notices movement in a corner. He slowly rushes to the area where the movement is coming from. And when he arrives, Sharona is sitting on the ground.)
Monk:
Sharona?
(Sharona opens her eyes, and groans.)
Sharona: (Barely)
Adrian?
(Monk kneels down, without placing his knees on the ground, beside Sharona.)
Monk:
What happened?
Sharona: (Still barely)
W-Water. Could you please get me a water?
(Monk gets up and goes over to the cooler, grabbing a water. He walks back towards Sharona and passes the counter. Monk thinks for a minute, and stops. He walks back towards the counter and pulls out a dollar bill and lays it down on the counter. Then he continues walking to Sharona. He kneels back down and opens the water bottle and hands it to her. She gulps it down.)
Monk:
So what happened?
(Sharona clears her throat and whipes her mouth.)
Sharona:
After you walked over to that person, I blacked out... and that was the last thing I remember.
Monk:
That's pretty weird.
Sharona:
So who was the person? Was it Trudy?
Monk:
No...Trinity. She looks like Trudy. Exactly like Trudy. But she's gone. I don't know where she went.
(Sharona gets up and Monk follows.)
Sharona:
So can we go now?
Monk:
I feel like we're so close though.
Sharona:
Adrian...
Monk:
Yeah, we'll go.
(They walk out the store, and stand there for a minute.)
Sharona:
Why did you stop walking?
Monk:
The soy beans in there...
Sharona:
What about them? Are you hungry?
Monk:
No, it's not that. They don't expire for another month.
Sharona:
So?
Monk:
Don't you get it? Usually canned food only has one month to expire. Think about it.
(Silence)
Sharona:
I still don't get it.
Monk:
Look around. This town is empty. But if that store has been keeping up on their stocks...then it wasn't deserted too long ago. Possibly deserted within a week ago.
Sharona:
Why only a week?
Monk:
No dust in the store, so someone had to be there.
Sharona:
Well we don't have to worry about it anymore, because we're leaving.
Monk:
No.
Sharona:
No?
Monk:
You're leaving. I'm staying. I want you to go back to town and find the captain. Tell him to bring a helicopter to Lakeside hotel in the morning to pick me up.
Sharona:
No, Monk. One, I won't leave you alone here, and Two, you hate flying.
Monk:
Helicopters don't go too high up. I think I could handle it.
Sharona:
I won't leave you here.
Monk:
You have to. I'm so close.
(Sharona sighs)
Sharona:
Why Lakeside hotel?
Monk:
Trudy wasn't in the park, and Lakeside hotel was really the only place we went to.
(Monk starts walking towards the exit of the town, Sharona follows)
Monk:
I'll walk you to the exit, but remember: Helicopter, around 8am.
Sharona:
Adrian.
(Monk turns to her.)
Sharona:
I'm scared. I'm scared I'll come back in the helicopter, and you'll be dead.
Monk:
Don't be afraid. I can handle it.
(They walk in silence, and oddly enough, the wall is now gone. They continue their walk all the way to the car. Sharona opens the door and stands there for a minute.)
Sharona:
Adrian, if I don't ever see you again, I want you to know I--
Monk: (Interrupting her.)
Don't talk like that, please. I will see you again. I promise--
(Sharona stops Monk in his words by quickly hugging him, and giving him a kiss on his lips. She pulls away slowly, and Monk is dead cold.)
Sharona:
Adrian?
(Monk clears his throat)
Monk:
I'll see you in the morning.
(Monk turns around and puts on the biggest smile you've seen on Monk, and he walks away, and Sharona drives away.)
To be continued...