The Romantic Rescue

ACT ONE

     Focus on a room full of couples dining at a fancy restaurant. 
THe lights are low, but each table has a candle.  The camera slowly
zooms on a couple sitting at a table in the middle of the screen. 
As we draw closer, the general noise of everyone talking disappears
allowing us to hear what the couple are saying.
     
     Woman: (in a haughty voice of sofistication) Christopher, you
should kick your sister out of her apartment, so I can more in with
you.
     Christopher: (in same haughty voice) But Victoria da'ling, you
know that Kristine is my only living realative, and we are closer
than even the two of us.

     Vicki:  But how will we ever get closer?

     Chris:  I don't know, but I'm sure I'll think of something. 
(Turning to the waiter) Check, Please.

     Vicki:  Well at least would you consider kicking her out after
this progect you two are working on?

     Chris: (Sighing) Yes, I'll consider it.

     The camera focuses in on a bolt being tightened by the closed
end of a wrench.  The camera zooms out to find a dark haired woman
using the wrench.  Her right hand slips in the tightening process
and hits a sharp piece of metal.  She cries out in pain.  She sucks
on the blood coming out of the wound.  With her left hand she turns
on a switch.  Nothing happens.  With a sigh she walks off screen. 
The camera stays focused on the machine.  The machine looks like a
door, a computer, and a TV connected by all sorts of metal and
wires.  The computer monitor turns on by itself.  A set of lights
on the door frame light up.  The TV turns on.  The keys on the
computer keyboard start depressing as if someone was typing.  Wierd
combinations of charaters appear and scroll off the top of the
computer monitor.  The keyboard stops.  The monitor stops.  The TV
shows a Dark castle.  The door opens and a bright light shines from
the doorway.  A figure steps through the door.  We are unable to
see anything except his shape.  The woman comes back into the room
at this point.  She sees what ever it is.

     Kris:  What in the world?

     Figure in the Doorway: No, I'm not from this world.

     The camera swoops down and we get a full shot of her paniced
face.  She takes a deep breath.  The changes to Chris at his from
door.  We hear Kris scream.  Chris frantically tries to find his
key, and then to put it into the lock.  He opens the door and runs
through the apartment to a door.  The door is a push open, but he
can't get it to move.  There is a light shining from around the
edges of the door.  The light dies, and Chris opens the door.  The
camera follows Chris in.  It is the same room Kris was in.  The
door is slightly ajar with only a little light coming through.  The
TV shows a grassy plain.  There is a note stuck to a wall witha
wierd looking knife.  Chris pulls out the knife and grabs the note. 
He sets the knife down.  The camera focuses in on the note.  It
says, "We have your sister.  You have one day to come to us.  If
you are not here in a day, your sister will die!  We will contact
you when you get here."  The camera switches to focus on his face. 
His face is in a state of anguish.  Slowly his face turns into a
smile and then a mischevious smile.  He walks over to the phone. 
He picks up the reciever and dials a number he has dialed many
times before.

     Chris:  Hello, Victoria? (Pause) Hi. I've got a slendid idea. 
How would you like to go on a small adventure with me? (Pause) Yes,
I agree it will bring closer together. (Pause) When?  Oh, could you
be over here at 8 tomorrow morning. (Pause) Great, and don't forget
to wear light clothes and bring heavy ones just in case. (Pause)
O.k.  I'll see you here. 'Bye.

     Chris hangs up the phone.  The camera moves to an overhead
view of the room.  Chris walks toward the door.  The camera fades
into daytime, and Chris finishes his approach.  The door bell
rings.  The camera zooms to acrost the street from the front door. 
There is a limo with a cheuapher standing over it, polishing.  At
the door stands Vicki wearing pith helmet and a dark green and
light green jumpsuit.  Next to her is a large suitcase.  The door
opens, and Vicki waves away the limo which drives away as she
enters the building.  Chris comes out and takes the suitcase
inside.  The camera returns to the machine room.  Vicki is already
there, and Chris is just coming in with the suitcase.  He drops the
suitcase.

     Chris:  I thought I said -- Oh, nevermind.  You realize you
can't take all this.

     Vicki:  What do you mean?  This has all my bare necesities in
it.

     Chris:  There is only enough room in my pack for one set of
your heavy clothing.  Unless you want to carry a pack, that's all
that's coming.

     We can see that Vicki is not happy with this, but she agrees. 
Vicki pulls some clothes out of the suitcase, and hands them to
Chris.  He puts them into his small pack.  He puts the pack on and
heads for the door machine.

     Vicki: (Appaled) We're not going through there, are we?

     Chris:  Victoria, do you see what's on that screen? (He points
to the TV.  She nods.) Well, that's where this door will take us.
(He can see she's still reluctant.)  It won't be an adventure if
you don't come.

     She overcomes her fear.  He opens the door, and steps into the
light.  She follows.  The door closes behind them.  The camera
switches to look at the front of them.  They are standing in tall
green grassy field.  The door is behind them.  The four corners of
the door rapidly aproach each other as the door gets smaller and
smaller until it disappears.  Vicki turns around and sees the door
is gone.

     Vicki:  How are we going to get back?

     Chris:  I don't know.  That's part of the adventure.

     Not knowing any better, the camera follows as they make their
way through the grass.  Finally they reach an area where the grass
is short.

     Vicki:  O.k. Let's stop here, I'm hungry.

     Chris:  I wish we could, but I didn't bring any food.

     Vicki isn't happy about this.  They continue until they come
to a dirt road.  To the right, they a road that runs to the
horizon.  To the left, they see three signs on a post on the corner
of a dirt road intersection.  They walk to the post.  One sign
pointing to the left says, "Sea."  The sign pointing to the right
says, "Cave."  The sign pointing in front of them says, "Town."
There is no sign pointing down the road they came from.  Without
conferring they head for the town.  The camera faces the sun.  Fade
in the new sun a lot higher.  The camera turns and looks at the
pair.  They are nearly at a small town.  The camera switches to
inside the town.  It is crowded and colorful.  The camera turns
around until it faces the pair entering the town.

     Chris:  I'm going to look for a room tonight.  Do you want to
help me?

     Vicki:  No, thank you.  I'll just look around out here at the
food.

     Chris:  O.k. Suit yourself.