Why Me?
(SYD'S POV - SYD groans and opens her eyes. Everything is black and white.)
SYD: What the....
DNAIDAN: Ah, so you survived the transformation.
(We go into the normal, third person POV)
SYD: (looks confused)
DNAIDAN: (holds up a mirror. SYD looks at herself, a panther.)
SYD: (screams) I'M A PANTHER!!!!!
(SYD (somehow) breaks through the metal cage.)
(Cut to a street. SYD is running toward her house. She passes JILL, who looks at her for a second, then goes back to eating her pizza)
JILL: (Swallows pizza) I've seen weirder.
(A GROUP OF KIDS sit next to JILL)
KID 1: Do it again!
JILL: Oh, fine. (Plays the NBA theme with her throat-sax)
KIDS: (cheer)
(SYD reaches her house and breaks through the window)
JESSIE: (sees SYD) GET OUT OF HERE YOU OVERGROWN CAT!
SYD: AUNT JESSIE, it's me, SYD.
JESSIE: GET OUT, FELINE!
SYD: AUNT JESSIE....
JESSIE: (leaves and comes back with a handgun)
SYD: Oh crap.
(JESSIE shoots SYD in the ear)
SYD: (yelps in pain)
(SYD hides behind the couch)
JESSIE: Get...out...from...behind...there!
SYD: (growls)
(JESSIE shoots the gun again, hitting SYD's ear for the second time. SYD gets up and pounces on JESSIE. JESSIE screams as she falls)
SYD: (Growling loudly)
JESSIE: GET OFF YOU OVERGROWN PIECE OF SH-...
SYD: (clears throat)
JESSIE: (grabs the handgun)
SYD: (flares paws, placing them on JESSIE'S neck)
JESSIE: SYD?!
SYD: (nods and gets off, shooting JESSIE a look that basically says 'Took you long enough.')
JESSIE: Wh-what happened?
SYD: (acts out what happened, then, grabs her own neck with her paws, pretending to choke to demonstrate what she think will happen to DES)
JESSIE: Oh God....
SYD: (walks over to JESSIE'S laptop and types 'Do you understand me?')
JESSIE: (slowly nods)
(Cut to the lair. JESSIE storms in, furious. SYD reluctantly follows.)
JESSIE: (to AIDAN) WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY NIECES?!
DNAIDAN: Nothing...life-threatening....
JESSIE: (pinning AIDAN to the wall) I'm sorry, let me rephrase that. WHERE IS DES?!
(SYD watches, shocked)
DNAIDAN: Dead.
JESSIE: (losing all color in her face) Wh-what?
DNAIDAN: DES is dead.
JESSIE: WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!
DNAIDAN: (shrugs) Apparently she couldn't take the injection without killing herself.
JESSIE: (glares) You're lying. (to SYD) Go check.
(SYD runs off. Later, (human, she grabbed an antidote) SYD is looking through a corridor)
SYD: DES? DES, you in here? Yo! DES!
DES: (barely conscious) S-S-SYD?
SYD: DES! (runs over to her) Are you okay?
DES: Y-yeah....(faints)
(SYD helps DES up and walks back into the main room. DNAIDAN is unconscious.)
SYD: Holy. Frickin'. Crap!
JESSIE: (sees DES) Oh God!
SYD: (nods) We've gotta get her to a hospital!
(Later, in the hospital, the Sydstem buzzes)
SYD: Hey, WADE.
WADE: I figured you'd want a ringtone for the Sydstem, so I took the liberty of taking the tune of a song I found on your hard drive. Is that okay?
SYD: 'Say the Word'?
WADE: That's the one.
SYD: Thanks, WADE.
WADE: No biggie.
(The next day, at school. The bell rings as SYD and KIM exit class)
KIM: This guy actually turned you into a panther?
SYD: Yeah, freaky.
KIM: Very.
SYD: I think I'm gonna go to Slipped Disc after school...I figure I have enough money for that new CD....
KIM: The O Boys one?
SYD: Yeah.
KIM: Cool.
SYD: They are so cool!
(They reach their lockers)
SYD: Did you get the report done for MR. BRYANT'S class?
KIM: (nods) 'The Diary of Anne Frank' was so sad.
SYD: Yeah, I know....I saw the movie a couple of days ago.
KIM: Did you read the diary?
SYD: (nods)
(SYD puts her books back and closes her locker door. Closeup on SYD's hand. Metal encases her cuticles)
(SYD'S POV - SYD groans and opens her eyes. Everything is black and white.)
SYD: What the....
DNAIDAN: Ah, so you survived the transformation.
(We go into the normal, third person POV)
SYD: (looks confused)
DNAIDAN: (holds up a mirror. SYD looks at herself, a panther.)
SYD: (screams) I'M A PANTHER!!!!!
(SYD (somehow) breaks through the metal cage.)
(Cut to a street. SYD is running toward her house. She passes JILL, who looks at her for a second, then goes back to eating her pizza)
JILL: (Swallows pizza) I've seen weirder.
(A GROUP OF KIDS sit next to JILL)
KID 1: Do it again!
JILL: Oh, fine. (Plays the NBA theme with her throat-sax)
KIDS: (cheer)
(SYD reaches her house and breaks through the window)
JESSIE: (sees SYD) GET OUT OF HERE YOU OVERGROWN CAT!
SYD: AUNT JESSIE, it's me, SYD.
JESSIE: GET OUT, FELINE!
SYD: AUNT JESSIE....
JESSIE: (leaves and comes back with a handgun)
SYD: Oh crap.
(JESSIE shoots SYD in the ear)
SYD: (yelps in pain)
(SYD hides behind the couch)
JESSIE: Get...out...from...behind...there!
SYD: (growls)
(JESSIE shoots the gun again, hitting SYD's ear for the second time. SYD gets up and pounces on JESSIE. JESSIE screams as she falls)
SYD: (Growling loudly)
JESSIE: GET OFF YOU OVERGROWN PIECE OF SH-...
SYD: (clears throat)
JESSIE: (grabs the handgun)
SYD: (flares paws, placing them on JESSIE'S neck)
JESSIE: SYD?!
SYD: (nods and gets off, shooting JESSIE a look that basically says 'Took you long enough.')
JESSIE: Wh-what happened?
SYD: (acts out what happened, then, grabs her own neck with her paws, pretending to choke to demonstrate what she think will happen to DES)
JESSIE: Oh God....
SYD: (walks over to JESSIE'S laptop and types 'Do you understand me?')
JESSIE: (slowly nods)
(Cut to the lair. JESSIE storms in, furious. SYD reluctantly follows.)
JESSIE: (to AIDAN) WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY NIECES?!
DNAIDAN: Nothing...life-threatening....
JESSIE: (pinning AIDAN to the wall) I'm sorry, let me rephrase that. WHERE IS DES?!
(SYD watches, shocked)
DNAIDAN: Dead.
JESSIE: (losing all color in her face) Wh-what?
DNAIDAN: DES is dead.
JESSIE: WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!
DNAIDAN: (shrugs) Apparently she couldn't take the injection without killing herself.
JESSIE: (glares) You're lying. (to SYD) Go check.
(SYD runs off. Later, (human, she grabbed an antidote) SYD is looking through a corridor)
SYD: DES? DES, you in here? Yo! DES!
DES: (barely conscious) S-S-SYD?
SYD: DES! (runs over to her) Are you okay?
DES: Y-yeah....(faints)
(SYD helps DES up and walks back into the main room. DNAIDAN is unconscious.)
SYD: Holy. Frickin'. Crap!
JESSIE: (sees DES) Oh God!
SYD: (nods) We've gotta get her to a hospital!
(Later, in the hospital, the Sydstem buzzes)
SYD: Hey, WADE.
WADE: I figured you'd want a ringtone for the Sydstem, so I took the liberty of taking the tune of a song I found on your hard drive. Is that okay?
SYD: 'Say the Word'?
WADE: That's the one.
SYD: Thanks, WADE.
WADE: No biggie.
(The next day, at school. The bell rings as SYD and KIM exit class)
KIM: This guy actually turned you into a panther?
SYD: Yeah, freaky.
KIM: Very.
SYD: I think I'm gonna go to Slipped Disc after school...I figure I have enough money for that new CD....
KIM: The O Boys one?
SYD: Yeah.
KIM: Cool.
SYD: They are so cool!
(They reach their lockers)
SYD: Did you get the report done for MR. BRYANT'S class?
KIM: (nods) 'The Diary of Anne Frank' was so sad.
SYD: Yeah, I know....I saw the movie a couple of days ago.
KIM: Did you read the diary?
SYD: (nods)
(SYD puts her books back and closes her locker door. Closeup on SYD's hand. Metal encases her cuticles)