Chapter 2
(Several days later after the adventures on Loud Island. The lights on Royal Woods Broadway flashed in the excited night air. Crowds of people several blocks long waited impatiently to get in. Above the entrance of the theatre, the title for tonight's entertainment was proudly displayed.)
Luna! The 9th wonder of the world! See the vicious Beast, and the brave crew who captured her!
Tomorrow
Loud of the Rings! The Musical!
(As people anxiously await to get in, a vendor who resembles Flip is shown selling various Luna merchandise. T-shirts depicting Luna battling with the Carcharodontosaurus Maximus. Mugs with Loud island on it. Lunch boxes with the crew, and Sam being offered in sacrifice.)
Flip: Come on people! Buy something or move along! 3 for 15, you won't find better!
(Inside the theatre, the place was well on it's way to being a full house. Almost every seat was taken and several groups even stood. Behind a giant curtain on stage, situated on a giant platform, Luna stood, shackled around the wrists and ankles. The giant Loud growled and strained to get free. Behind her stood Huggins, dressed in a fancy suit and top hat complete with a silver tipped cane. Sam, dressed in another simple but still nice dress, and Bobby, dressed in his usual attire. Behind them several stagehands move around preparing for the Loud of the Rings Musical tommorow night.)
Huggins: (surprised) Your leaving?!
Bobby: Yep. I'm outta here.
Sam: (confused) What do you mean leaving? Like the story?
Bobby: What, no! I mean leaving the theatre.
Huggins: (horrified) But you can't leave, I told the guests that they'd meet the crew that captured the Creature! You're the captain!
Bobby: (dead-pan) Yet you still won't pay us!? Also I remember seeing several movies very similar to this, which leads me to believe that this isn't going to end well. (to Huggins) Plus I hate you. (to Sam) Your cool though.
(Bobby turns and heads towards the exit.)
Bobby: (pondering) Wonder if I have time to get a snow-cone?
(Sam looks up as Luna continues to growl and strain against her restraints. Despite all that's happened, Sam felt sorry for her, she was kinda cute…for a 50 ft tall man-eating giant….)
Sam: (to herself) Why did I think that?
(A group of reporters that resemble Lucy's mortician's club walk over. Lucy is in front, holding a note pad.)
Lucy: (un emotional) So Huggins, what's your scam to sucker these poor fools outta their money this time?
Huggins: (proud) Well, as you can see, the giant is the main attraction, and later on we'll let the patrons meet the crew, and tell them about our adventures on the island.
Lucy: Sen-sational. Seems like you might actually have something here? I'm actually kinda excited.
(Lucy's the holds the same stoic expression as always. Huggins squints and stares hard at her, trying to discern any hint of excitement on her face.)
Boris: I can see the hinges. It's an robot.
Huggins: How dare you…., sir? I lost my assistant to this brute!
Sam: And yet all you said was oh well.
(Huggins frowns and sticks his tongue out at her.)
Sam: How childish.
(Huggins opens his mouth to say something else, but at that moment the theatre's quiet music assumes an announcing tempo. Huggins realized that it was time for him to introduce the show. Huggins hurries on stage. The audience appludes.)
Huggins: (grandly) Thank you! Thank you! Ladies and Gentlemen, recently me and a crew I hired had the type of adventure you only read in books or B-monster movies! On our voyage, we encountered a monster. A creature of towering size, capable of killing dinosaurs with her bare hands! Eating people as if they were Mac'n'cheese bites! The people of this land, even offered one of our own up as a Sacrifice!
(Backstage, Sam frowns. An acceptable reaction as Huggins planned the whole thing.)
Huggins: I must ask you, the audience, not to scream….you might provoke her. Ladies and Gentlemen….Luna! The 9th wonder of the world!
(At this announcement, the few stagehands not working on Loud of the Rings, work the curtain, the curtain is parted , revealing Luna struggling against the chains. The audience does their oohs and ahhs! They applude and one that looks like Agnes Johnson asks .)
Mrs. Johnson: (fearful) Huggins, is it safe?
Huggins: (laughs) Oh course it's safe! (to the audience) Do not fear folks! No expense was spared to ensure your safety! (about the chains) See these chains!? These chains…are made of Chrome steel! She's not getting out of these. I'll demonstrate.
(Huggins climbs up to the platform. In front of everyone's disbelieving eyes, he places his hand on Luna's shackled ankle. More shocked gasps.)
Huggins: That's right, Ladies and Gentlemen, your eyes do not deceive you! I'm touching the monster! I am actually laying my hand, on the 50 ft tall man eating giant!
(Luna suddenly jerks her foot. Huggins starts and backs away. The audience laughs. Huggins straightens his suit and composes himself.)
Huggins: Now! Id like to present to you.. a very brave young woman! The same one of us that was offered as a Sacrifice! Despite this , she's agreed to join us this evening. Ladies and Gentlemen! The sacrifice that got away!... Mrs. Sam Sharp!
(Sighing, unable to believe she let Huggins talk her into this after all that happened. Sam walks on stage. The audience applauds and she waves . Huggins descends the platform to meet her. Luna stops her thrashing to stare at her.)
Sam: (as she stands beside Huggins) Can't believe I let you talk me into this!
Huggins: (quiet) Shut up! What beast without the beauty? (to the audience) How about some photos of Beauty and the Beast?!
(This was meet with thunderous appludes from the audience. Huggins loops his arm around Sam's shoulder, which she obviously didn't like. Luna stops struggling to look at them as well, confused Lucy and the other reporters approach and begin snapping pictures. The giant Loud panics as the flashes assault her eyes.)
Luna: (dilated pupils) My eyes! My eyes! Can't see! Can't see!
(Startled Luna begins to struggle against her bounds will renewed energy. The audience briefly flinches at her thrashing. Sam urges the reporters.)
Sam: Stop! Stop! Your making her angry!
Huggins: Let her roar! It makes a swell photo!
(Luna continues straining against her bounds to escape the flashing. The chains begin to groan . The audience begins to shift and mutter nervously. Sensing he's losing the crowd, Huggins hurries to restore their confidence.)
Huggins: (shouting) People! Do not panic! Your perfectly safe! Like I said those chains are Chrome steel! We are in no danger!
(As if on cue, the shackle on Luna's right wrist snaps under the strain. The audience gasps as the left one follows.)
Huggins: (slightly nervous) Don't panic, Nobody freak out ! Her feet are still chained!
(The audience doesn't listen.)
Mrs. Johnson: (with a strange hysterical face) AHHHHHHHHHH! Run for your lives! We're all gonna die!
(The audience panics and abandon their seats to flee, As they flee, Luna snaps the shackles around her ankles. Sam and the reporters flee except for Lucy, who looks up as Luna rushes to escape the flashing photography, her foot comes down on top of the Lucy.)
Lucy: (surprisingly unemotional)AHHHHHHHHHH!
(Lucy is flattened as Luna leaps off the stage sweeping seats aside in her panicked state, smashing the VIP seats as she strikes out with her arms, in seconds the theatre is trashed, as the Loud hurries to get to open space. Huggins stands on stage unmoving, as he takes in the carnage around him. He takes off his hat and looks at the reader.)
Huggins: (regretful) This is gonna cost me.
(Sad trombone music is heard, off screen. Huggins turns to see Sully playing said trombone.)
Huggins: (angry) Will you cut that out!
(Out in the night air, Bobby stands beside a snow-cone stand, finishing off a cherry snow-cone. He looks at the theatre as the audience emerges fleeing in panicked droves. He shakes his head, unsurprised.)
Bobby: Yep, I knew that wasn't gonna end well. Definitely made the right decision getting outta there. (Throws his empty cone in the recycling bin before turning to the vendor.)
Bobby: Let me get a Blue-raspberry next, please.
(A news van pulls into view. Out steps Katherine Mulligan and her camera man.)
Katherine Mulligan: (facing the camera) I'm Katherine Mulligan, coming to you live from outside, Royal Woods Broadway! We're we hope to get an interview with Huggins , the man who journeyed to Loud island and brought back a giant monster! (Suddenly notices the crowds of panicked screaming people.) Folks, for some reason crowds of people are leaving the theatre screaming,(gets news from her headset) Folks I'm getting word that due to unforeseen circumstances, Loud of the Rings! The Musical is cancelled.
Angry voices: (off- screen) WHAT!
(Katherine turns to see the cast of Loud of the Rings retelling standing behind her, fuming.)
LOTR's Lynn: We walked all the way from Middle Earth for this!?
LOTR's Luna: (holds up their tickets) Waited in line for TWO days for these tickets, dude!
LOTR's Leni: It was a surprise birthday gift for Linky!
Mr. Grouse: Come on, guys! Let's go to Chick-fila or something…my treat!
(The LOTR's cast angrily storm away, muttering angrily. Katherine Mulligan looks confused at this. At that moment Luna smashes her way out of the theatre, the civilians out in the square see her and join the ones already fleeing. Katherine Mulligan, beckons to her camera man and hurries to the giant Loud.)
Katherine Mulligan: (calls up , while holding her microphone.) Excuse me, Luna! This is Katherine Mulligan! Can we get a minute?
Luna: (confused growl) What the—
Katherine Mulligan: Everyone at home wants to know …how long have you been a 50 ft giant!?
Luna: (still confused) Uhhh, my whole life?...And I'm 57 and 3/4ths feet tall for your information. (grumbles) Trying to shorten me..
Katherine Mulligan: Now that your free, what is your goal?
Luna: (thinks) Well first I'm gonna find that cute girl with the streak in her hair and then I'm gonna crush that dude that had people shoot at me for no reason!
Katherine Mulligan: Last question, did you always wanna be a giant monster?
Luna: (irritated) Whoa ..whoa..back up, look at this from my perspective. I'm on MY island , minding MY own business..Then these people come in and shoot and chain me for no reason…I fight back in self defense…Yet I'm the monster? How is that fair?
(Katherine Mulligan frowns as she can't understand a word Luna said. She turns to her camera man.)
Katherine Mulligan: Well, people back home, I have no idea what she's saying. So I'm going to wing it and say she said always.
Luna: (hears this and becomes enraged) What?! Weren't you listening?!
(Enraged Luna picks up Katherine Mulligan. Katherine Mulligan sees the enraged face and pales.)
Katherine Mulligan: (still speaking into the microphone) This is Katherine Mulligan, and it seems the giant monster is angry at something I said… to those of you watching…(Luna tosses her into her mouth) HEELLLPP ME!
(Luna swallows the annoying reporter. The crowd had stopped to watch the interview, upon seeing this however the panic resumes. Katherine's camera man laughs as he's now free from her, then remembers he's still in danger and joins the fleeing crowd. Luna looks down and watches this, amongst the crowd she spots a head of blonde hair and gets excited, thinking it's Sam. Luna rushes in and snatches her up and brings her to her face. Her expression saddens when she sees it isn't Sam…but a woman who looks like Lori.)
Lori: AAAAhHHHHG! PUT ME DOWN YOU BRUTE!...(considers) Or at least buy me dinner first!
(Luna chucks Lori over her shoulder, causing her to scream even more. Fortunately Luna tossed her in the direction of the snow-cone stand, where Bobby was enjoying his most recent snow-cone. Lori lands in his arms, making him drop his confectionery. The two stare at each other in surprise.)
Bobby: (breaking the ice) Uhhh, Hi.
(Luna spots another fleeing blonde across the street. Luna throws herself on to her stomach and snags the fleeing blonde before she can reach safety. A glance reveals that it isn't Sam but Leni. Like Lori, she thrash and squirms in her grasp.)
Leni: Like…totes don't eat me please!... I'm …way too chewy!
(Dejected Luna sets Leni back down and stands up. Something slams into her legs,startled Luna looks and sees a double decker bus had crashed into her. Luna dejected face morphs into an annoyed face.)
Luna: Personal space, Brah!
(Luna smashes her fists on top of the the bus before flipping the whole thing over. Inside two people who look like Lynn and her friend Margo, along with the rest of the sporty Louds friends stare wide-eyed as they find themselves on the ceiling instead of their seats. Lynn turns to Margo as Luna's legs are seen as she wanders off.)
Lynn: (to you so) See Margo! This is what happens if you go #2 before a game!
(Luna wonders around the city, hunting for Sam. Something on her foot gains her attention.)
Luna: Did I step in something?
(Luna lifts her foot and makes a disgusted face.)
Luna: (disgusted) Bogus!
(Luna rips up a nearby telephone pole and scraps off a paper thin Lucy, before continuing on her way. The paper thin Lucy floats to the street.)
Lucy: (pained) Ouch! That's better.
(A breeze flies in and carries her away.)
Lucy: Oh no.
(In a building hosting a pageant, Lola and Lana sit in the VIP seats. Lola watches the show with rapt attention. Lana sits with arms crossed, looking bored.)
Lola: See Lana, this is classy entertainment.
Lana: If by classy you mean boring! Then yeah I see it. I wanted to go see, the giant Loud on show at Royal Woods Broadway! (Holds up the advertisement poster, showing Sam tied to the sacrifice platform, with Luna staring down at her.)
Lola: (scoffs) Please! That is boring. Who'd wanna see a big, dumb old giant?
Lana: (angry) I would!
(At that moment, the wall behind the pageant stage, burst as Luna falls in, a bunch of telephone wires wrapped around her ankles.)
Luna: Stupid things!
(The audience and pageant participants alike scream and run away. Lola watches horrified while Lana now looks excited. Luna frees herself and gets up to leave. Lola angrily shouting at her gets her attention, she stops and stares at the twins.)
Lola: (angry) Hey you big, dumb stinky clod! Look what you did!
(Luna frowns at the shouting, looking mildly annoyed. She raises her hand and simply flicks the pageant lover away. Lana jumps up and down , making Luna look at her.)
Lana: Hey! Giant Loud! I know you probably hear this all the time, but big fan! (holds up the poster and a pen) Can I have your autograph! Please!
(Luna raises her eyebrow, but then shrugs. After a few painstaking minutes, she manages to scrawl her name on the poster and gives it to Lana.)
Lana: (thankful) OMG! Thank you!
(Luna pat's the excited little girl's head gently before exiting the way she fell in.)
Luna: (to herself) Sam. The cute sacrifice's name is Sam, doesn't answer where she is, though.
…...
(In a suite in the tallest building in Royal Woods. Sam, Bobby, Lori and Huggins, sit around the TV watching footage from a news helicopter showing the damage Luna caused. Sam now wears her usual attire form the series.)
Lori: (confused) Wait, if you two hate Huggins, why is he here?
Bobby and Sam: (in unison) Because it's a joint suite and he's paying for it.
(Meanwhile, across town in the mayor's office. The mayor from Racing Hearts stands behind her desk, hands folded behind her, staring at the city. She sighs in contentment.)
Mayor: (happy) Ah, So peaceful. It's nights like these that makes me think all is right with the world , and nothing can go wrong.
(An employee burst into her office.)
Employee: Mayor! You know the Giant from Loud Island that you said Huggins could show on Royal Woods Broadway?
Mayor: (nods) Yes. Huggins said it would be a real money making opportunity….(uneasy) Then he started laughing maniacally which made me think he probably shouldn't be trusted. Don't know why I said yes, come to think of it.
Employee: (frantically) Well, the Giants escaped! She ate that reporter, what's her name, attacked a bus, wrecked the pageant building, and to make it worse, she trashed the Royal Woods Broadway…(sad) And I already bought my tickets to Loud of the Rings! The Musical!
Mayor: (horrified) What! She's escaped? Who could've seen this coming?! Well I survived too much craziness to go out like this! (dramatic) To the Safe house!
(The mayor runs out of her office, downstairs to her car. She gets in and straps down. She looks up and is surprised to see the employee had followed.)
Mayor: (confused) Yes? Can I help you?
Employee: Aren't we going to the safe house?
Mayor: Oh. Sorry…only enough room in the safe house for one….so…Bye!
(Desperate to escape the mayor floors it and peels out of there. The employee watches and frowns.)
Employee: Jerk.
(The mayor speeds down the road.)
Mayor: (relieved) Boy, that was awkward. Gotta get to the safe house and wait this whole thing out…it's always the figures of authority that bite it first in these situations. (goes for the radio) Now for some road music.
(She tunes the radio and sings along to the music.)
Mayor: Ohh girl…give you the….Ohhh girl! Whoa girl!
(Suddenly the paper thin Lucy slams into the windshield. Startled the Mayor and Lucy scream at each other. The mayor's car swerves and nearly slams into several pedestrians.)
Pedestrian #1: Hey! You almost hit me!
Pedestrian #2: Damn! Who gave you your license!?
Pedestrian #3: I don't wanna die!
Pedestrian #4: (dives aside) Fool!
Pedestrian #5: (barely avoids getting hit) Jesus! You could've killed me!
(At the same time, Luna was walking down the street leading to the one the mayor was currently swerving down, on her hunt for Sam.
(Luna stops as several kids riding skateboards that resemble Ronnie Anne, Sameer, Casey and Nikki with Sid watching ride by. Luna stops so she won't step on them by accident. As soon as they've passed she continues. She watches them , briefly confused why they didn't scream and flee like everyone else.)
Casey: You guys saw the giant too? Right?
Others: Yep.
Casey: good thought it was just me. You guys don't care. Your not scared?
Ronnie Anne: Not particularly, our brains have diluted with all the giant monster movies now days..we'd probably celebrate if one actually showed up.
Sid: Besides I saw the hinges.
(Back will the mayor, she finally employs the windshield wipers and removes the paper thin Lucy.)
Mayor: Whew, that was close. Least I didn't hit anyone.
(The mayor drives along just as Luna starts to cross the street, the mayor's car lurches violently as she runs over the giant Loud's foot. )
Luna: (roaring in pain as she hopes around on the uninjured foot) Ow! Ow! Ow! My foot!
(The mayor looks as she realizes she it something. She sees Luna hopping in pain and hastily turns to continue down the road, whistling nonchalantly.)
Mayor: (talking to herself) Ok! Ok! Just act casual! She probably doesn't realize it was you.
(Luna stops hopping and see the only car on the street speeding away.)
Luna: (gives chase) Hey! Get back here! You ran over my foot ya jerk!
(The mayor looks in her side mirror and sees the enraged Loud chasing after her. The mirror read, "CAUTION" Objects in mirror will be pissed at you.)
Mayor: (surprised) Huh.
(The he mayor's car is suddenly lifted up as Luna catches the vehicle, and raises it to her face, growling angrily. The mayor panics.)
Mayor: Ah! I surrender! Here take the key to the city. (holds up a large key)
(Luna smacks it aside. The mayor holds up the car key.)
Mayor: The key to my car?
(Luna flicks it away. The mayor holds up a small trophy.)
Mayor: The Royal Woods astonishing quest trophy?
(Again the item is flicked aside. Trembling the mayor opens the glove compartment and pulls out a small box of breath mints. She shakes these at Luna.)
Mayor: (smiles nervously) Tic-tac? They're Wintergreen.
(Luna looks angry for a second before stopping to consider…Her breath didn't smell bad…did it? Luna breaths into her free hand and smells.)
Luna: (making a face) Rank! Dino breath! Can't find Sam will bad breath.
(Luna snatches the mints and throws the entire thing into her mouth, box and all. Luna smells her breath again and nods approvingly…That's better.)
Mayor: (breaths easier) Whew!
(Luna then tosses the mayor and her car over her shoulder.)
Mayor: AAAAHHHHHHH!
(The mayor hits the road and quickly floors it before Luna can change her mind about teaching her a lesson. Luna starts to walk again, before long she arrives in a park. Hanging out and practicing their craft was Luan and Benny. Luan notices Luna and calls up to her.)
Luan: Hey there, Loudzilla. How's the weather up there. (Luan laughs) Get it!?
(Luna stops and stares down at the funny Loud. She frowns at the bad joke.)
Luan: Come on, don't give me that look! I knew you got it… it'd take a lot for my jokes to go "over" your head?! Ha! Ha! Get it!? Cause your 50 ft tall?
Luna: (rolls eyes) Yeah, I got it. Not funny. And again I'm 57 and 3/4ths.
Luan: (hearing the annoyed growling) Now, Now, don't be "short " will me cause you can't!? Ha! Get it!?
Luna: I ain't the time for this. I gotta sacrifice to find.
(Luna starts to walk away. She doesn'tget far before she trips on Luan's trunk of comedy props the funny Loud neglectfully left in the middle of the path.)
Luan: Now that's what I call…a "big " trip! (more laughter) Get it!?
Luna: Sigh
(Luna looks up from her face plant, to see she had landed next to 5 homeless guys. They look at the giant Loud unphased.)
Homeless guy #1: You got any extra money…please!
Homeless guy #2: You feeling generous?
Homeless guy #3: (burps)
Homeless guy #4: (seemingly drunk) We're the only ones who knows the way it really is!
Homeless guy #5: (nods like an idiot) I feel ya!
(Luna just cocks her head, unsure how to respond.)
Chapter 2 . Gonna be a three parter instead of a two parter. The homeless guys are based on the ones from GTA 5 whom I have a soft spot for. And it's funny imaging Bobby as the sensible Character as he cries whenever he gets a splinter.