(CUT To EXT Shot - Retroville park. Sheen is holding onto a thick chain. His arms are visibly straining as he holds on tightly to the chain attached to the unseen thing. Despite the effort, he is grinning joyfully. Jimmy walks by, his eyes widen in amazed fear as he stops near Sheen.)
Sheen (absolutely thrilled): Hi Jimmy! Check out the new dog I just got!
Jimmy (his eyes in unblinking worry): I see, ah, what is it exactly?
(The camera ZOOMS out to show Sheen's dog. It is a massive three headed Cerberus dog, each head is snarling and huffing with beastly danger. A chain is around each head, connected to a thicker chain being held in Sheen's hands.)
Sheen: It's a demon-dog known as a Cerberus. Pretty cool, huh?
Jimmy: Ah, I guess it is.
Sheen (obliviously happy): Yeah, its great. Each head has its own different personality. Lefty likes hard punk music and eating live pigs, Middleman enjoys reading Ann Rice and rotting fish, while Righty has a penchant for newborn infants and the french horn.
Jimmy (he takes a step back): Oh, ah, fascinating.
Sheen: Isn't it? I'm gonna starve him for three days and then let him loose in Ms. Fowl's class. (He snickers mischievously.) It'll cause such a scene, I won't have to go to school for the whole day!
Jimmy (eyeing the beast with dread): Or ever again more likely.
(The three heads of the Cerberus snarl and bare their teeth at each other. Occasionally snapping at whatever head seems to be bothering them. Sheen strains as he is dragged slowly by the great might of its body.)
Sheen: Whoops! It's getting restless. Better get 'em back home. See ya' later Jimmy!
(Jimmy watches as Sheen and his frightening new pet brisk off away from sight.)
Jimmy: O-kay. That was strangely different.
(CUT To Jimmy walking down a street in Downtown Retroville. Nick is leaning against a brick building, looking all nonchalant and "cool", he puts a palm out in lazy greeting.)
Nick: Hey Neutron, did you see my new pet?
Jimmy (he stops walking to look at him): New pet?
Nick: You haven't? He's out in the open, you can't miss it. Unless he's changed into invisible water vapor.
Jimmy: Huh? What kind of pet do you have anyway?
Nick: Well, its a bit tricky, I see no other way to describe it as, in simple terms, a "Big-Ass Sea Monster".
(As if on cue a huge eel-like beast appears. Covered in fin-like wings, it whips its long tail threateningly. It opens its mouth, full of tiny multiple needle sharp teeth, to emit a screeching wail. Jimmy gawps at the sudden appearance of such a monstrosity.)
Nick (calmly): See?
Jimmy (in loud fear): Leaping Leptons! What is that thing?
Nick: The guy I got it from called it Leviathan, but that sounded weird so I changed its name to Dire Hal.
(The Leviathan hisses as it slithers toward a parked car, it bites down on it in mad fury. The crunch of metal and glass audible as it bites harder and begins to shake it. Jimmy stares at Nick with confused dread.)
Jimmy: Well do something! Your its owner, show some authority why don't you!
Nick (he gives a passive shrug): Eh, that car looked stupid anyway. The guy will probably appreciate the insurance money so he can get a convertible.
(The Leviathan raises its massive tail to bat the ruined vehicle as if it were a golf ball. It rockets into the sky, becoming a shrinking dot. The Leviathan then shimmers in a flurry of glitter before disappearing into the air.)
Nick: Hmm, guess he's tuckered out. Probably needs to refuel in the ocean.
(Jimmy can only answer this unexpected craziness with comical silence. Nick begins to walk in the opposite direction of where Jimmy was going.)
Nick: Well, I'm out.
Judy Neutron (voice over): What in the world is going on?
Hugh Neutron (voice over): Just sit back and you'll find out sugar booger.
(CUT To Jimmy walking down one of the streets in his neighborhood. Loud laughter is heard as he looks up to see Bolbi heading in his direction.)
Bolbi: Oh! Bolbi have such great time! (He notices Jimmy.) For Bolbi has got a new pet!
Jimmy (he covers his eyes in tired frustration): Oh God..
Bolbi: He very big. But he very fun. (He turns his head and calls out.) Apollyon! Come say "Hello" to Bolbi's school friend!
(Jimmy clenches his teeth in terror as he sees a mega-huge dragon like monster. Covered in peeling scales, webbed membrane wings, with massive clawed feet resembling a bear's. It strides with fear-riddening purpose, a thick drool escapes from its mouth as it wheezes with an unknown hunger. Bolbi smiles innocently at his new companion.)
Bolbi (all casual and happy): Hideous to behold, for he was chained under everlasting darkness in the great abyss of sorrow! Now, we be best friends!
Jimmy (he stammers at this insanity): Wha..but..Where's everyone getting all these dangerous animals?
Bolbi (teasingly): I won't tell.
(Bolbi bursts into joyful giggles as he runs toward his new atrocity of a companion. Jimmy glares in discouraged annoyance.)
Jimmy: Alright, this has got to stop. I'm going to get to the bottom of all this chaos! And I know exactly who to go to!
(CUT To EXT Shot - A different street. Carl is stapling some flyers onto a wooden telephone pole. Jimmy approaches him.)
Carl: Oh, hey Jim!
Jimmy: Carl, you must know something about these unexpected occurrences of mythical monsters, I mean, I bet you were the first to acquire one thus spreading the hype for all the kids in town to get a murdering abomination.
Carl (he sighs sadly): I wish. But none of the animals Beelzebub had were hypoallergenic.
Jimmy (wha..?): Beelzebub?
Carl: The guy who took over the pet store last week.
(CUT To a Flashback - INT Shot- Inside a dark room dimly lit with multiple candles. Carl steps into view as he looks around.)
Carl: Hello?
(Silence lingers as he looks around the room again.)
Carl: Is anyone here?
Unexpected voice: Yes, yes. I'll be with you shortly.
(The room is suddenly filled with a deafening buzzing noise, Carl gasps as he witnesses countless numbers of flies join and merge with each other to form into a tall, relaxed looking man with a black tidy bowl cut hairstyle and a gray suit along with a pair of recently shined loafers. His eyes stare down at Carl with extreme interest.)
Mystery Man (disturbingly cheerful): Why hello, hello! Yes, hello to me and hello to you, (a dozen flies fly to his outstretched hand to form a business card.) I am Beelzebub, Lord of Flies.
(He stoops slightly to hand the card to Carl. BEELZEBUB: LORD OF FLIES - ARCANE ANIMAL SELLER TO ALL. CLOSED MONDAYS is printed on it. Carl looks at it uneasily.)
Carl (weirded out): Um.. pleased to make your acquaintance?
Beelzebub: I take you are interested in one of my many wonderful specimens from the kingdom of the damned.
Carl: Well, if it doesn't make me itch or sneeze or cause internal bleeding, and at least has some kind of cuddling factor; I'm all up for it.
Beelzebub (he grins with creepy joy): Perhaps a puppy of purgatory will suffice those needs!
Judy Neutron (voice over): Hugh! Children buying evil and vicious monsters from the depths of the underworld? That's a bit much.
Hugh Neutron (voice over): Really? Huh! Brainstorming ideas for TV is not as easy as I thought. Aren't you at least curious of why Carl is putting flyers up?
Judy Neutron (voice over): No, not really.
Hugh Neutron (voice over & brightening): Good! 'Cause I can do that!
(CUT back to the Street with Jimmy and Carl. Jimmy indicates the flyers Carl is holding.)
Jimmy: What's with the flyers? Don't tell me you really did end up getting a beast of sin.
Carl: Nah, I just got a new cat. (He hands Jimmy a flyer.) He wandered away, bad thing is that I don't even have a picture of him so people will know what he looks like. I think I used the right words to describe him though.
(Jimmy looks at the flyers in a puzzled manner.)
Jimmy: Carl, the description just says "Small" and "Cute". I don't think you are being specific enough. I mean, what color is it? Does it have any kind of distinguishing-
(A loud meow is heard. Ike approaches Jimmy and Carl with a cute looking gray tabby, his cheeks and arms are covered in scratches. He thrusts the cat out to Carl in frustrated apathy.)
Ike: Hey Carl, I think I found your cat. This him?
(Carl's eyes brighten happily as he reaches for the cat. It doesn't protest as Carl holds it with caring wonder.)
Carl (joy!): Wow! Thanks Ike! Oh it's so cute! What should I call it?
Ike (confounded): What? It's not even yours?
Jimmy (?): Carl, you've been putting up flyers all over town just for some random cat?
Carl: Yeah, that Beelzebub guy gave me the idea. He told me that's how evil mad scientists get their lab animals. If it works for them, then why not me?
Jimmy: Um, Aren't you allergic to cats anyway?
(Carl blinks in amazement as he looks at his new kitty.)
Carl: Hey, you're right! I'm not sneezing or itching, and my lymph nodes haven't swollen up to hideous proportions. I must be cured!
(A huge gush of blood suddenly dribbles from Carl's nose. Frightened embarrassment crosses his face as he covers a hand over the graphic grossness to shield us from the troubling sight. The kitty, held in his other arm, twitches its ears in innocent cuteness. Jimmy and Ike stare in mortified fascination as blood drips onto the pavement.)
Carl (sheepishly): 'Ho-boy.
Judy Neutron (voice over & sounding fed up): Hugh.. That's horrible!
Hugh Neutron (voice over & pleading): It'll get better pumpkin, just watch.
(CUT To Carl happily walking down the street to his home, holding his new cat with animated cheer. He lifts it so the cat is at his eye level.)
Carl (in elated babble): Who's a pretty little kitty? Who's a pretty little kitty? You are! Yes you are! Oh yes you are!
(The cat "Mrows" with casual grace. Carl approaches the steps to his house. Still hypnotized by the adorable cat.)
Carl: Such a nice kitty indeed! All soft and cute with your dainty little kitty paws..
A Voice: So! It was true after all! Give me my cat back!
(Carl turns around to see the supplier of the voice, it is Nathan, the blond boy in green from Ms. Fowl's class.)
Carl: Huh?
Nathan: Who do you think you are, Carl? You got some nerve stealing other people's treasured pets. (He points an angry finger at him.) You better give him back to me! Right now!
Carl (challenging): Oh yeah? (He gives a mocking snort.) Well, I don't see your name on it, Nathan!
Nathan: It's mine!
Carl: Pfft, yeah right. This cat is so obviously mine, see how it enjoys my company?
Nathan (he takes a challenging step toward him): I won't hesitate to fight you for him!
Carl: Fine by me! I know just the person that can help us settle this!
(CUT To INT Shot - Inside Jimmy's Lab. Jimmy looks from Nathan to Carl in perplexed impatience. The gray tabby scampers about in the background.)
Jimmy: What do you want me to do? Can't you guys settle this petty row amongst yourselves?
Nathan: Look, its simple enough, Carl took my cat and I want it back.
Carl: Nuh-uh! It's my cat! I got witnesses that will vouch for me.
Jimmy (he sighs): Okay, okay. I think I have a solution. I'll use the wisdom from the story of King Solomon to solve this quarrel. I want both of you to pull opposite ends of the cat as hard as you can; then I'll cut it in two, that way each of you will get half of it.
Nathan (intrigued): Cool!
Carl (he shrugs): I guess my folks can still make cat burgers with just half.
(Jimmy's face pales with shocked horror at the reactions from his two unwanted guests. The cat "Mews" innocently as it scampers past his feet. A sound of a ringing telephone is heard.)
Judy Neutron (voice over): Yes, hello?
(CUT To The Neutron living room. Judy is on a cordless phone. Hugh watches this with clear curiosity.)
Judy Neutron: Oh! Hello Mr. Alcorn. (she looks to Hugh) Yes, he's right here.
(Judy offers the phone to Hugh.)
Judy Neutron: Mr. Alcorn wishes to speak with you, and he doesn't sound very pleased.
Hugh Neutron (in quiet anxiety): Oh cinnamon..(he takes the phone.) Yes Keith? Uh-huh.. But. Okay, okay, I'm sorry. I'm sure Nathan's a nice kid, and that he is not like that in person. Y-7. Yes, I understand, completely unacceptable. I'll try to be more careful. G'bye.
(Hugh "blips" the phone off. Judy looks at him skeptically.)
Hugh Neutron (optimistic): No matter! I got a neat side story from that last plot; its not too graphic of course.
(CUT To EXT Shot - Libby approaches her mother, fiddling about in the garden of the Folfax's front yard, holding a baseball sized ivory colored egg.)
Libby: Mama! I found this egg! If it's alright with you, I'd like to try to hatch it and see what it will become! Could I, please?
Mrs. Folfax (she smiles): That's great sweetheart! Having a pet will teach you everything you need to know about responsibility.
(The camera PANS to the left to show Sheen, having just witnessed the conversation, frowning with a fascinated suspicion. He "Hmms" distrustingly.)
Libby (off camera & so happy!): Thanks mama!
(CUT TO INT Shot - The next morning inside the Folfax's kitchen. Libby enters and suddenly gasps with hurt surprise. Sheen is at the stove, the cracked shells from her egg resting near a simmering pan, cooking what appears to be a large omelette. Sheen turns around to look at her with a really happy smile.)
Sheen: Morning Libby! Check it out, your egg hatched into an omelette! You like it with Mexican or Asian ingredients?
Libby (restraining tears): Wha..What? I can't believe this... how..how could you do such a thing? (Her voice becomes louder with hurt emotion.) I hate you! It's over between us! You hear me? I hope you get E Coli and die!
(We CUT Back to the Neutron Living Room. Judy Neutron, sitting down on the couch next to Hugh, looks tiredly away from her husband at his latest spin of a yarn.)
Hugh Neutron (he adjusts his glasses): But you see, Sheen knew it was actually the egg of a psyche beast, which would have fed on Libby's negative emotions. Eventually devouring her once it hatched from its fragile prison. So she really shouldn't have been so mad, you see?
Judy Neutron (she gets up from the couch): I think that's enough ideas for now, dear. Why don't you carry on with something else for the time being?
Hugh Neutron: I still have much to tell, kitten town.
Judy Neutron: Some other time.
Hugh Neutron: Now?
Judy Neutron: No.
Hugh Neutron: How about after I finish this sentence?
Judy Neutron: No, dear.
(Judy exits toward the kitchen. Hugh turns his head toward her direction.)
Hugh Neutron (he deepens his voice with a sexy tone): What if I tell them like this.
Judy Neutron (off camera): Not likely.
Hugh Neutron (his voice returning to normal): No?
Judy Neutron (off camera): No.
Hugh Neutron (let down): I see..
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