ACT II
Scene 5
(Where the rose garden once stood, there is now a pile of rubble and debris. The air all around it is filled with dust, and little pieces of stone, concrete and broken glass lie everywhere. MIKI is nowhere to be seen, but THE PLANT still stands tall, surrounded by the destruction it's caused, laughing hysterically along with the little pods on the ends of its tendrils)
ANTHY: Oh, no… Miki…
(She's about to run over to the pile of rubble (despite the danger) and try to find him, when a part of the mound of debris shudders. Just a little bit at first, but then metal beams, sheets of broken glass and chunks of stone fall away, and MIKI stands up weakly. His uniform is torn in several places, his hair is disheveled and his face has a few small cuts on it where blood is welling up. Dirt and dust is smudged onto his face and clothes)
THE PLANT: Hunh? You're alive?!
ANTHY: (overjoyed) Miki-sama! Let me help you, you're hurt… (she begins to go toward him)
MIKI: Stay back, Anthy. I've got to finish this. (he reaches down, where the Sword of Dios sticks up out of the heap of fragments of the rose garden)
ANTHY: Miki, you'll be killed!
THE PLANT: (cackles) Boy, you're even more foolish than I thought! Get your ass over here so I can finish you off!
MIKI: (walks over to THE PLANT, his knees shaking from weakness and fear) You coward! Trying to kill someone like that… if you're so strong, why don't you just eat me?!
(THE PLANT'S mouth twists into a grin)
THE PLANT: You know, I think I will.
(With great speed, THE PLANT puts its "head" forward and chomps down on MIKI)
ANTHY: (horrified) MIKI!
(THE PLANT lifts its head and swallows its meal, sword and all)
THE PLANT: (laughs) AW-HAW-HAW-HAW! What a dumb kid! (its little baby Anthy Twos laugh along with him)
(Just then, a little bulge appears in THE PLANT'S thick stem. THE PLANT stops laughing)
THE PLANT: That ain't good…
(The Sword of Dios cuts through the side of THE PLANT'S stem from the inside. It withdraws back in, only to continue slashing at THE PLANT'S insides)
THE PLANT: Oh, shit!…
(The Sword slashes around the entire circumference of THE PLANT'S stalk, and the entire thing collapses in a motionless heap among the remains of the rose garden)
ANTHY: (walking cautiously toward it) Miki?…
(THE PLANT'S mouth opens up, but not because it's alive--- MIKI pushes his way out of its mouth, looking even more disheveled than before. He sighs, sits down in the middle of the mess of wreckage and tendrils and drops the sword)
ANTHY: Miki… you did it…
MIKI: (smiles) I won…
(ANTHY hugs MIKI for a moment, then leans back) Let me get some water to get that dirt and blood off of you…
MIKI: (shakes his head, smiling) Let's sit here a little longer.
(Suddenly, THE PLANT begins withering away—- its petals drop off, its vines and little buds shrivel up, and its "head" seems to deflate like a balloon, until all that remains is a withered brown mass)
MIKI: So that's that…
Scene 5
(Where the rose garden once stood, there is now a pile of rubble and debris. The air all around it is filled with dust, and little pieces of stone, concrete and broken glass lie everywhere. MIKI is nowhere to be seen, but THE PLANT still stands tall, surrounded by the destruction it's caused, laughing hysterically along with the little pods on the ends of its tendrils)
ANTHY: Oh, no… Miki…
(She's about to run over to the pile of rubble (despite the danger) and try to find him, when a part of the mound of debris shudders. Just a little bit at first, but then metal beams, sheets of broken glass and chunks of stone fall away, and MIKI stands up weakly. His uniform is torn in several places, his hair is disheveled and his face has a few small cuts on it where blood is welling up. Dirt and dust is smudged onto his face and clothes)
THE PLANT: Hunh? You're alive?!
ANTHY: (overjoyed) Miki-sama! Let me help you, you're hurt… (she begins to go toward him)
MIKI: Stay back, Anthy. I've got to finish this. (he reaches down, where the Sword of Dios sticks up out of the heap of fragments of the rose garden)
ANTHY: Miki, you'll be killed!
THE PLANT: (cackles) Boy, you're even more foolish than I thought! Get your ass over here so I can finish you off!
MIKI: (walks over to THE PLANT, his knees shaking from weakness and fear) You coward! Trying to kill someone like that… if you're so strong, why don't you just eat me?!
(THE PLANT'S mouth twists into a grin)
THE PLANT: You know, I think I will.
(With great speed, THE PLANT puts its "head" forward and chomps down on MIKI)
ANTHY: (horrified) MIKI!
(THE PLANT lifts its head and swallows its meal, sword and all)
THE PLANT: (laughs) AW-HAW-HAW-HAW! What a dumb kid! (its little baby Anthy Twos laugh along with him)
(Just then, a little bulge appears in THE PLANT'S thick stem. THE PLANT stops laughing)
THE PLANT: That ain't good…
(The Sword of Dios cuts through the side of THE PLANT'S stem from the inside. It withdraws back in, only to continue slashing at THE PLANT'S insides)
THE PLANT: Oh, shit!…
(The Sword slashes around the entire circumference of THE PLANT'S stalk, and the entire thing collapses in a motionless heap among the remains of the rose garden)
ANTHY: (walking cautiously toward it) Miki?…
(THE PLANT'S mouth opens up, but not because it's alive--- MIKI pushes his way out of its mouth, looking even more disheveled than before. He sighs, sits down in the middle of the mess of wreckage and tendrils and drops the sword)
ANTHY: Miki… you did it…
MIKI: (smiles) I won…
(ANTHY hugs MIKI for a moment, then leans back) Let me get some water to get that dirt and blood off of you…
MIKI: (shakes his head, smiling) Let's sit here a little longer.
(Suddenly, THE PLANT begins withering away—- its petals drop off, its vines and little buds shrivel up, and its "head" seems to deflate like a balloon, until all that remains is a withered brown mass)
MIKI: So that's that…