EXT. OUTSIDE MANSION – NIGHT

Dimitri is being carried off on a stretcher. Paramedics have stopped the bleeding, but he is still unconscious. His hands are cuffed. They put him in the back of an ambulance and drive away. Elk is led out of the mansion by police officers, his hands are also cuffed. Mew is a few yards back being restrained by two men. She cries out Elks name as she reaches out for him. TNT and Aida are back towards the front gate.

AIDA
Was this what Elk wanted?

TNT
It couldn't be helped, Elk's guilty of trespassing and breaking and entering. It's just like a chess move. He sacrificed himself to bring out the opponent's king. The game's over when the king is out of the way.

TNT looks towards the group of women that were being held as slaves. It must have been cold to be out in the night air with such skimpy clothing, but they all had smiles on their faces. A car pulls into the compound.

DOG GIRL
Mom! Dad!

A man and woman burst out of the car and rush their captive daughter. One by one more cars begin to pull in, and the girls are reunited with their families. A warm smile comes across Aida's face.

AIDA
Yeah. For him, this was worth it.

Elk watches the tearful reunions from the side of a cop car. A cop is questioning him, but he isn't listening.

COP C
Hey!

ELK
Uwaa! Yeah?

COP C
Pay attention. Do you understand the seriousness of this matter? Now, from the beginning, what were you doing here?

The dog girl, followed by her fellow captives, approached the officer.

DOG GIRL
Why is he in handcuffs? He saved us!

COP C
He is still guilty of breaking and entering, as well as a bunch of other offenses.

DOG GIRL
But that's not fair! What he did...

Elk showed a bright smile.

ELK
It's all right. Nobody's above the law.
(turning towards the cop)
It started when...

RENO (O.S.)
When I planned this break in.

Reno came from the front gate.

COP C
Who are you?

RENO
My name is Reno, I'm one of Mr. Mauser's employees. I was sick of my bosses disgusting habits, so I contacted this young man and set this whole thing up. If I was caught talking to the police, then Dimitri would have had me killed. I had to work through this kid and set up this break in.

COP C
Ah, wait. Then that means that you should be...uh...

Reno placed his hand on the cop's shoulder.

RENO
I think this matter should be left up to the chief of police.

The bewildered cop opened his mouth to speak, but he kept silent. He turned to the radio inside his car and made a call. Reno produced keys from his fist and undid Elk's cuffs.

ELK
Why are you doing this?

RENO
I might have lied about my role, but I was sick of working for that bastard.

MEW (O.S.)
(meow)!

The pair turned to look towards the commotion. Three cops were trying to speak with the young woman, but every response was in the cat language. After a few minutes, they gave up and turned towards other concerns. Mew was left alone. She crept along, trying not to draw attention, and gradually walked towards her savior. After a few paces she lost her balance and fell to all fours. She crawled the rest of the way. When she was within reach, she pounced on Elk. The young man almost fell over, but Reno supported him.

MEW
(purr)!

Mew eventually looked over Elk's shoulder and saw Reno standing behind him. The girl began to take cover in front of Elk. Reno sighed. He approached her from the side and faced her.

MEW
(meow)?

Reno got down on his knees and began to speak.

RENO
I'm sorry.

He bowed his head.

RENO
I never approved of what that bastard did to you Felicia, but I was too scared to oppose him. I can't ask for your forgiveness for all these years I sat by doing nothing, but I want you to know that I am truly sorry.

A jolt surged through Reno's body when he felt something touch his head. He looked up to see that it was Mew's hand.

MEW
(meow).

She rustled his hair.

RENO
Ha. You're right. We were both his pets.
(stands up)
Thank you.

MRS. STALKER (O.S.)
Felicia?!

The three slowly turned to see who called out the girl's true name. It was Mr. and Mrs. Stalker, the girl's grandparents. Reno backed away. The middle-aged couple hesitantly made their way to their grandchild.

MRS. STALKER
Felicia? Is that really you? You look just like your mother.

Mew clenched Elk's chest tighter.

ELK
(whispering)
Mew, these are your grandparents.

MR. STALKER
I can't believe it. You look so much like her.

She buries herself deeper into the Elk's arms. The grandparents stopped when they saw this. The young man put his hands on Mew's shoulders and gently pushed her away.

MEW
(meow)?

ELK
Your home is with them, they are your family. It's about time that you returned to them. That woman right there, that's your mom's mom.

MEW
M, mom?

Elk nodded. Mew slowly turned to face them. She looked into their caring eyes. She took a step forward. Mew looked back one last time towards Elk.

ELK
Go on.

Mew gradually began to take more and more steps towards her grandparents.

ELK (V.O.)
After that night, I returned home.

Reno has been placed in handcuffs and is being put in the back of a police car.

ELK (V.O.)
That guy, Reno, if it wasn't for him, I probably would be sharing a cell with Dimitri. He took the wrap for everything and would have been sentenced to 20 years.

The cop car begins to pull away.

ELK (V.O.)
But it turns out that he was actually a really decent guy. His record was clean and he was a former Marine. His lawyers reached a plea-bargain and he got away with half that.

TNT is watching the circus from a distance. He takes a few steps back and looks towards the camera he tampered with.

ELK (V.O.)
After TNT graduated from the Engineering Technologies course, he returned home to Chicago. After getting in shape he eventually became a Tech-Head for the police force.

TNT speaks a few words with the officer and then begins to walk off. Aida looks back and watches him leave.

ELK (V.O.)
Aida graduated as well, a few years later of course. Before she did though, she began working and moved into an apartment. She told her mother that she was tired of leaning on her.

Aida turns to watch Elk, standing alone in the distance.

ELK (V.O.)
After that she moved out of state. I guess it wanted to get as far away from her mother as possible.

She too begins walking away.

ELK (V.O.)
Aida took up residence at a hospital not all to far from my hometown. We talk on a regular basis. She's specializing in Critical Care.

INSERT – GRAVEYARD MARKER

A second bouquet of roses are placed beside a gravestone marker. The name reads Kimberly Phillips. ELK (24), who has aged several years, is praying in front of his mother's grave. He doesn't look back towards this SECOND PERSON.

EXT. GRAVEYARD - DAY

ELK
I'm sorry, but could you wait until I finish before you speak to my mom?

WOMAN (O.S.)
Um-hum.

ELK
Thank you.

Elk takes a deep breath and then continues.

ELK
But I've been beating around the bush again, haven't I mom? What you really want to hear is why I left, isn't it? I just couldn't face her after what I'd done. Dimitri and I weren't really that different, we both took advantage of her.

The man pauses for a moment, lowering his head.

ELK
I don't know what happened to her after that, I still don't have the courage to check up on her, but I'm sure she's doing well.

He lightly claps his hands.

ELK
I'll be coming here from now on and keeping you informed. I know your just aching to know what's going on. So until next time.

Elk lifts himself up and looks down upon his mother's grave.

ELK
I'm done now, thank you.

WOMAN (O.S.)
It's not a problem.

Elk turned just as the woman passed him. He caught a glimpse of her face for only a moment. Most of his view was obscured by her long hair, but he distinctly saw a bell tied around her neck by a red ribbon. When she was on her knees, she flicked the bell with her finger. The CHIME made the man flinch.

WOMAN
You've raised a great son, and I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused him. He's done so much for me, more then he realizes, and I'm forever grateful.

Elk slowly turns towards the woman and the grave.

WOMAN
We've heard so much about each other, but in the end we meet like this. I wish that I could have seen your face.

ELK
Felicia?

FELICIA/WOMAN
You don't need to worry about your son anymore, I'll be looking out for him. He might not think there wasn't a difference between Dimitri and himself, but there is one, a major one.

She stood up and turned towards the man.

FELICIA
I chose Elk.

Elk's feet were frozen in place, his lips were trembling.

ELK
Felicia, is that you?

She smiled. Felicia walked up to him and hugged him tightly. The woman whispered into his ear.

FELICIA
You can call me Mew.

FADE OUT.

ROLL CREDITS

FADE IN:

EXT. PRISON – DAY

Reno is being led to the outside gates by a guard. There is a cab waiting in the street. Reno gave a slight wave "goodbye" before he enters the vehicle.

INT. AIRPORT – DAY

Reno approaches a locker and produces a key from his pocket. He pulls two briefcases from the locker. With those in hand, he walks towards a monitor showing arrivals and departures.

RENO (V.O.)
So, those two are living together again. I think I'll give them a visit.

He withdraws a wad of cash from a briefcase.

RENO (V.O.)
This should be enough to get me there.

FADE OUT.

Postscript

That's all folks. And thus brings an end to Catgirl, my first completed project. My mom, the first person I showed the completed script to, asked me how I got the idea for this story. I told her, "One day when I was vacuuming, I started thinking, 'I wish I had a slave.' And that led to, 'If I had a slave, I would make her dress up in a playboy bunny outfit all the time, and then I would...'" Well you get the point. I decided to make Mew/Felicia a cat was because a bunny doesn't make any cute animal sounds. Also, hopping around would just look ridiculous, at least more so then crawling on all fours.

Overall, I'm ecstatic with how it turned out, though I did have a few misgivings with the final exchange with Elk and Mew. My mom brought up something that I had toyed with in my mind, have nothing spoken between the two, just end it with when turns around and sees her. I seriously thought about that too, but seeing that this is a screenplay, and I hope eventually a movie, the poor actress that has to play Mew will go through the entire movie with no lines but (meow). Plus I wanted to display that in the years that passed since Elk left school, Mew had also continued to grow. I wanted to give her a more profound way of speaking, but there were just too few lines to display that, so I hope whatever actress lands this role can pull it off better then I could.

Speaking of Elk's school, the location of the story was based entirely off of my post-high school education. His apartment was almost a carbon copy of my own. Patio furniture for a dinning table. Unmatching couch and sofa. A simple mattress on the floor in place of a bed. These were all things that I had in my own apartment, minus Elk had a computer desk, I used a cardboard box. I also walked to-and-from school and work, and took a bus everywhere else. And somehow I managed all this while living on my own. Needless to say, I had my own power turned off quite a few time myself. Though I decided to make Elk's situation extremely similar to my own, we have completely different personalities, and I don't talk to myself.

Well, that's all I can say about that. Those of you who've read all the way through, I hoped you enjoyed it. If not, give a review. Good or bad, I want to know what you guys thought about it. Now that I finished up with this, I can focus on my other project SEEDs, and also begin working on another one of my ideas. Those can be found on FictionPress. Until next time. -Kyle Castorena